James Delahunty
20 Mar 2006 19:48
Apple Computer Inc.'s iTunes software is on a path to overtake RealPlayer and become the second most used media player in the world behind Microsoft's Windows Media Player software. These details come from Nielsen/NetRatings. Currently, iTunes has around 18.5 million users, which is still a good 10 million behind Real Player's figure. However, in the past three years RealPlayer usage grew just slightly, whereas iTunes usage increased three-fold in 2005 alone.
By the middle of 2006, iTunes will have about 30 million users, which is still nothing in comparison to the 80 million using WMP. While iTunes is still used by less people than RealPlayer, apparently users spend more time using iTunes than they do RealPlayer. The average iTunes user uses it for 111 minutes compared to just 46 minutes for RealPlayer and even Windows Media Player.
Source:
PC Pro