How Many iPods Have Been Sold Worldwide

It is certainly a fact that the iPod mp3 player is not just a popular gadget, but literally took the world by storm. The tiny little gadget that easily organizes and places even the largest of music collections and provides for mobile entertainment at the fingertips from anywhere in the world has provided Apple with a large amount of sales worldwide, as well as established Apple as the world leader in electronics.The iPod is really a mobile media player and gadget that was designed, manufactured and sold by Apple and first launched on October 23, 2001. The merchandise line-up consists of 4 different models, including, the iPod Shuffle, iPod Classic, the touchscreen iPod Touch, the video iPod Nano. Learn more about all the iPod models and their features and the new 3rd Generation iPod Shuffle 4GB.

The iPhone also has iPod capability, but is a separate unit. As with many other portable USB devices and mp3 music players iPods also can be used to store external data. The storage capacities, prices and features vary greatly by model.iPods work with the Apple's iTunes software that is used to transfer music to the iPod, and buy new songs and mp3's to upload to the library of the iPod. For the video models, video can also be uploaded as is the case with the big iPod, the Touch, which holds music, photos, video and is also compatible with iPod apps.

iPod Worldwide Sales

Since October 2004, the iPod line has and continues to dominate the portable music player market in the US. According to Bloomberg Online in January of 2007 the iPod market share reached 72.7%.

In April, 2007 Apple® announced that they had sold over 100,000,000 iPods from its launch in November of 2001 to date worldwide. That makes the iPod the fastest selling portable mp3 player in history.

In January 2007, Apple reported record quarterly revenue of US$7.1 billion, of which 48% was made from iPod sales.

Fiscal Year Sales of iPods Worldwide

2002 – Under 10,000,000
2003 – Under 10,000,000
2004 – Under 10,000,000
2005 – 22,000,000
2006 – 40,000,000
2007 – 52,000,000
2008 - 55,000,000
2009 – 54,000,000