Skype Journal: Broadband Users with Skype
April 7, 2005 08:45 AMJames Enck pulls some more statistics together on Skype and draws a comparison with MSN. I'd like to learn more about how Skype is changing IM usage patterns.
At c.30m registered users, Skype would appear to have penetrated 20% of its addressable market, and with around 2m concurrent users, more than 1% of the world's broadband population is running Skype at any given time.
EuroTelcoblog
Interesting!
Now take a look at the 30 million number of MSN users that use the voice / video application monthly (See Digital Media Europe) and Skype numbers look even better. Despite 30m+ MSN video users no one ever talked about giving up the phone for it. Thus the numbers I'd like to see is Skype share of IM voice minutes. share of voice initiated sessions, and lastly share of messaging occasions. While I'm sure Skype has only a small share amongst text / chat sessions its share amongst voice initiated sessions should have made the other IM clients wake up by now. Dominant yet? Can anyone disprove this? There would also be some interesting numbers by age group. Please share reasons why you may continue to use another IM client (not Skype) for voice sessions? Do you use Skype for voice in combination with another video client? Any comments on how your IM usage has changed since adopting Skype?
With the acceleration in the growth of broadband, Skype should reach 100 million users before long.
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