Best-selling Mobile Phones Ranking History (1996-2023)

This visualization shows the evolution of the sales (in units) of mobile phones from 1996 to 2023. Mobile phones included in this list are those Mobile phones offering only basic capabilities are known as feature phones; and also more recent mobile phones which offer greatly advanced computing capabilities, referred to as smartphones.
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best selling phones and smartphones included in this list:
Nokia 1610
Motorola StarTAC
Nokia 6120
Nokia 3210
Nokia 3310
Nokia 8890
Siemens M30/M35i
Nokia 6100
Nokia 6610
Nokia 3510
Siemens A50
Samsung SGH-T100
Nokia 1100
Nokia 3100/3120
Nokia 3200/3220
Nokia 2100
Samsung SGH-E700
Nokia N-Gage
Nokia 6600
Nokia 2600/2610/2626/2630
Motorola RAZR V3
Nokia 6010/6020/6030
Nokia 6230/6233
Nokia 3220
Nokia 2650
Nokia 3120
Nokia 6170
Nokia 5140
Sony Ericsson K300
Samsung SGH-D500
Nokia 1110
Motorola C139/C200
Nokia N70/N72/N73
Nokia 6101
Nokia 6060
Nokia 6270/6280
Nokia 6670
Motorola V220
Motorola V195
Sony Ericsson J300
Sony Ericsson K750
Nokia 6680
Nokia 8800
Nokia 1600/1650/1661
Nokia 6070/6080
Nokia 7360/7370/7380
Nokia 6300
Nokia 2310
Nokia 5200/5300
BlackBerry Pearl 8100
Sony Ericsson K310
Sony Ericsson W810
Sony Ericsson W300
Nokia 2600 classic
Nokia 2760
Nokia 3110 classic
Nokia 6500 Slide
Nokia 6500 classic
Apple Iphone
Apple iPhone 3G
Nokia 2330 classic
Nokia 7210 Supernova
Nokia 5800 XpressMusic
Nokia 5000
Nokia E71
Samsung Tocco
Nokia 5230
Apple iPhone 3GS
Samsung Tocco Ultra
Samsung Star/Tocco Lite
LG Cookie (KP500)
Alcatel One Touch Mini
Apple iPhone 4
Samsung Galaxy S
Samsung S5620 Monte
Nokia N8
Motorola Milestone/Droid
Samsung Galaxy S II
Apple iPhone 4s
Samsung Galaxy Y
HTC Evo 4G
Motorola Droid Bionic
ZTE Blade
Samsung Infuse
Samsung Galaxy S III
Xiaomi Mi 2
Samsung Galaxy S4
Apple iPhone 6 & 6 Plus
Apple iPhone 5S
Samsung Galaxy S5
Apple Iphone 5
Apple iPhone 6S & 6S Plus
Apple iPhone 7 & 7 Plus
Samsung Galaxy S7 & S7 Edge
Samsung Galaxy Note 9
Samsung Galaxy S9 & S9 Plus
Huawei P20
Apple iPhone XS
Apple Iphone X
Nokia 1208
Nokia 1200
Iphone 14
Galaxy s20, s21, s22, s23.
Data Source: Statista.com
Music: Scott Buckley - Affirmations, Chasing daylight, Icarus.

[@zakir2815]

All these years and Nokia is still unbreakable

[@Cubeeic]

You sure

[@williamwaara3037]

Apple: New Apple 16 Pro Max!

[@kevinross6235]

​@@CubeeicIt's still the best selling phone after all

[@PAULME_CH]

Because there wasn't many companies then..

[@kame9]

iphone 16 pro max, with more power, more overheat 😂😂

[@doseofreality100]

Long live Nokia.... you are missed and will never be forgotten.

[@manbirsingh576]

Those Nokia days was something else. That era was unforgettable

[@AndersonNeo12]

Nokia 3310 & Snake🐍 😊

[@AIRDRAC]

The 3310 actually had Snake 2 :)

[@malimaru]

space impact bro

[@StefanGraz]

Nokia's phone still has battery life for 10 more years.

[@qpwoeiruty108]

Nokia will always be in my heart ❤

[@ashutoshmohapatra3586]

Dear Nokia you are still in our ❤ Love From 90’s kids❤.

[@KT43124]

True bro we can't forget Nokia it's part of our childhood

[@vMattv]

OHHH!!! Finally you posted an updated one!!! I am waiting for so long for the best selling phone models. Thank you so much for posting this. Been watching you since 2020

[@Azhureus]

I used Nokia 3210 for years. I still have it in the attic. I believe it would work if I had a charger.

[@davidhibbs6989]

Nailed it! Bravo on this video!🎉

[@BigioBio]

I believe this is US market only, right? It would be interesting to see how things go in different continents. Interesting video as always

[@CookyMonzta]

This is quite likely the _world_ market. With 2 Nokias selling _250 million each,_ it is highly improbable that _every_ man, woman and child in the U.S. _alone_ bought one.

[@BigioBio]

@@CookyMonzta good point

[@Allenz2205]

No this is the whole world. The reason why iPhones are higher is because only Apple makes them, and they only release 3-4 a year. Meanwhile every other company uses Android, which is why Android is the most popular operating system, however iPhones are the most popular phones themselves

[@d.bcooper2271]

​@@Allenz2205 Exactly 💯 Android is more popular than Apple 🍎 but IPhones are more popular than any android based phones

[@Ziaonfilmandtv]

@@d.bcooper2271”more popular” is actually a misconception. Android is an open system and Apple is closer. Other phone manufacturers can develop for Android and only Apple develops for iPhone.

[@chadley25]

The music is so dramatic, so epic. Lol

[@Ubaidullah_yt]

Why did you bundle up iPhone in series... Make individual ones... That way, Nokia 1100 and 1110 can be bundled up and made 500 million

[@JohnSmith-mf3dh]

Correct, It felt off that Apple had grouped their phones but not with Nokia's best sellings

[@Horus137]

I miss those old mobiles like Nokia, Sony Ericsson, Siemens, Motorola. Maybe with dumbphones rising popularity we could bring them back.

[@charanpreetsingh1902]

Seems all phases go fade, I guess apple would be donwn too but now it's way to difficult to give users someothing they never seen before, FOlding?, AR, VR

[@CookyMonzta]

I thought Nokia still made dumbphones, but they get little publicity these days.

[@stefanjohansson6670]

Motorola does make smartphones. I have one and I like it.

[@charanpreetsingh1902]

@@liamloxley1222 if nokia would have embarassed android then they would have been more successful than samsung i guess

[@romanosaraviadis]

Fantastic video Thanks

[@twistedbaspin0822]

It's crazy that my Nokia 1100's battery life back then lasts 4-5 days

[@neyo999]

When i saw that nokia 1600 and 1610,i went back to my school 😢days

[@munyachikuni2368]

I had some memory flashing through. The good old days , and some bad ones too lol

[@alberteinsteinthejew]

5:07 iPhone starts killing Nokia, Siemens, Blackberry by itself

[@axm-londa2876]

I’m apple user but the legacy of nokia cN never be broken 👍

[@martin1042]

My first mobile phone was a Nokia 6210 (released in 2000, not sure when I got it). I was a bit disappointed that it didn't make it into the list.

[@zaahid2311]

Samsung and iPhone is the modern Nokia and LG

[@edwardfelipemorea1142]

LG is very dead

[@CookyMonzta]

​@@edwardfelipemorea1142LG quit the phone business in 2021. I'm on my second Moto; first, my _T-Mobile REVVLRY_ (based on the _Moto G7 Play,_ of which I had 2 of them); now, my _Moto G Stylus 5G 2022._

[@wwftroy22]

i miss Physical qwerty keyboards

[@guillandanthony711]

The good old days when mobile phones weighed under 100 grams. The Nokia 3310 and 1100 were THE most popular and widespread phones, as for as I remember. I always thought that the Moto Razr was popular. I had one in the 2000's, and I loved it. It would just fit in your pocket.

[@surf2257]

You forgot the Motorola Micro TAC 650e. 1995. Very popular. i still got one...

[@tylorhan3419]

I have samsung fold 4. It is best phone

[@mrtarikaml-1006]

Galaxy s i9000 is a old gold

[@romeolajh1602]

so after 2012 managers destroyed Nokia company?

[@CookyMonzta]

BRAVO, SUOMI!!! 🇫🇮👍☀️ For _15 years,_ Apple and Samsung threw everything they had into the cell phone market, including the kitchen sink, a couple of hits, and quite a few shits... ...And yet, despite being out of the spotlight for _ten years,_ *NOKIA* is _still_ THE greatest of all time! 🏆🎉

[@d.bcooper2271]

Are you from Finland 🇫🇮?

[@CookyMonzta]

@@d.bcooper2271 No; but I'm still astounded that a country of only 10 million (?) produced products that could compete with anything put on the market by Japan, S. Korea, China or the U.S., and rank among THE most popular manufacturers ever.

[@mystikalese]

Are these worldwide stats? Or worldwide stats where the US is the world?

[@d.bcooper2271]

😅😅😅😅

[@667nikhil]

i wish if I could go back to the beginning ... good old days ❤

[@1littlelee]

what market is this?

[@indyracingnut]

Um....where was BlackBerry in all of this? There was a time when they shattered all the sales records...

[@gvertm3158]

5:00

Blackberry was only popular in America I think? I have only ever seen them on TV and KZbin...

[@cleverness8571]

The bg music is superb

[@ElGatitogamer5]

Nokia is already 150 years old

[@forxbusiness_solutions]

Now the battle is between Samsung and iphone

[@KokoJeuru]

@12:37 , *_Not quite... i think upcoming smart-devices with transparent 3D volumetric displays will be the next big gadget in the near future_* .😂✌️👍🤗💪

[@usamasadiq8567]

Just goes to show how Nokia lost it's position as the leading mobile manufacturer by rejection modernity as how we saw the first nokia smartphones dominating the iphones still. Same has happened with Toyota in response to Tesla and BYDs of the world. Seems japan has a hard time accepting newer technologies not originating in japan.

[@d.bcooper2271]

Modernists are satans 😅😅😅 modernity is evil 😈 🤣

[@romanosaraviadis]

However, Nokia 8310 with colorful designs and calming light blue lights.. I miss it.. ; )

[@TheAndyboy888]

After so many years Nokia still holds the crown in the category of the most sold phone model

[@anand.chaudhari]

Just imagine if Nokia switched to Android 😮

[@vMattv]

Why you still haven't fixed the rankings of iphone 6s in 2014 even though it was released in 2015.

[@Ataenkosi]

Must be based on one nation. USA, maybe. Cause there were other iconic phone's through the time that are missing there: Motorola v360, Samsung E250 and a Blackberry

[@Ziaonfilmandtv]

This is literally the global population. It’s about the highest selling phones. There were other popular phones, but doesn’t mean they sold THAT much.

[@rajksharma0057]

Our first Phone was Nokia 2100 in Year 2003. Beautiful old days.

[@palio470]

Nokia was symbol revolution in communication..it reigned more than a decades..Two decades old Nokia phones are always to be remembered forever...Though it vanished from market I have great reverence for them.They connects me emotionally to my past youthful days..

[@pollution7463]

04:22 Nokia was unbeatable.

[@huaiwei]

Nokia is the only company which can dominate the market with 10 different models, as it did in 2008. I miss those times where you can expect to get a reliable phone across so many different price points and feature sets.

[@mallupagan]

Good old nokia days.... I really missing Nokia and Blackberry phones.... 2 Legendary brands ❤

[@ketomousketo3345]

Are theese stats for the whole world or only for the USA, because, I think in the rest of the world most people use android (mainly Samsung, Huawei and Xiaomi)

[@themayomonster.]

Yeah that's what I was thinking too. Here in India there's no way that people have more iOS phones than Android , not even close.

[@munyachikuni2368]

It's for the whole world . The stats are for sales in a year . Don't forget that , It's not the majority of people who change their phone every year. Then you have those who have no need for a phone at all , ie the very young and the very elderly . Add in some other factors then you look at the population of the world. I think a peak of 250 000 000 sales in a year is for the world.

[@TheMarioMakerMaster]

if its for the whole world then this is unaccurate@@munyachikuni2368

​​@@munyachikuni2368It's not sales in a year, it's total sales per phone model.

[@david111davies]

If you would have handed me a modern flagship smartphone back in the early to mid 90`s, I would have thought it was alien technology. They have become much more advanced than i ever could have imagined

[@andybanda2701]

Nokia literally has 6 out of the 10 best selling phones of all times....wow👏👏👏

[@halitosmanyurdakul6266]

I love the CPU names.😅😂

[@TheMarioMakerMaster]

This is for the US market

[@Anonymous-qb4vc]

Nokia 1100 my dad had that phone back in 2005, I used to play snake on it and damn it was most durable phone ever, surprising how it was most selling phone. While my uncle had Nokia 1600. Crazy how fast phones evolved.

[@hayasag]

bro why this feels so sad im bout to cry

[@parmanusirji]

Feeling ❤ for Nokia's First Position.❤❤

[@user-hv6bb4ub7y]

#ILoveNokiaForever I Like The Nokia G42, Nokia XR21, And Nokia 2660 Flip For Nostalgia 😊❤❤

[@IISourAyyII]

That Sony Ericson that popped up was so neat looking back in the day, but Nokia was indestructible and clumsy Americans preferred that, haha

[@classified1080]

In today's generation it should be Android vs ios !!!

[@apingchupapi9640]

3310 during my HS days are unforgettable.. imagine falling from 3rd floor of the building but still working. 😅

[@DanielSergioAlves]

Music name ????

[@Itstikir]

Google???

[@juliusbosquehamilton1075]

3310 is a legend ❤❤❤

[@npm6598]

I Still Has my Nokia N82 & Nokia X6 8GB working like Rockstars

[@user-ug3lq2hh8t]

Background music is good

[@eptdy]

Nokia had absolute dominance over the early 2000s.

[@vijaymampilly1314]

Thank you for the nostalgia. My first phone was a Nokia 3210.

[@8bitenial313]

1610 was my first mobile 😅

[@Masterstrange56]

And. Now?

[@sleepyz2z2]

Seems like Apple peaked with the 6/6S.

[@charankumar9897]

So mobile means either iPhone or Samsung

[@daniellegaddess9144]

What happened to Blackberry?

[@tylerclayton6081]

It died out. Didn’t adapt well to the smartphone market

[@wh_kers]

I like them qwerty buttons 😏

[@JohnSmith-mf3dh]

Enterprise class phones, and pricey, only people with money to spend got one so they never reached high numbers.

[@user-ug3lq2hh8t]

Back ground music is good

[@workmail5990]

MY FIRST MOBILE NOKIA 5230 😄😍

[@jamiethomas3122]

It's crazy how after all these years Nokias 1100 sales still remains unbeaten.

[@musharofhussain7639]

I think they forget about Samsung j2😢

[@mpopa2911]

The Nokia 6120 in the video is actually the legendary Nokia 5120.

[@SHUTENSEPC]

OMG my nokia 6300 in highschool 😢😢😢

[@parimyworld5434]

my first mobile 3110 classic in 2009, i got my salary and bonus and i purchased it

[@parmanusirji]

Nokia= Feel + Emotions + Royality ❤

[@__AyushMishra__]

Nokia❤

[@udaymahatha5904]

Where is legendary redmi for middle-class people😂

[@d.bcooper2271]

2024. Android phones sell more than iPhones. But because ONLY Apple makes Iphones, it keeps remaining on top.

[@hendrygmail4161]

Poor folks phone 😂😂

[@silverianjannvs5315]

​@@hendrygmail4161iPhone and Samsung is expensive, i had other priorities in life...😂

[@user-uc6gi2lm4v]

its time for Samsung and Iphone

[@manishdewani233]

BLACKBERRY? was it mentioned ?

[@JohnSmith-mf3dh]

Sadly no, BB were Enterprise class phones so not so many were sold.

[@dschonsie]

2008 nokia headquarters : "we rule the world" 2009 same place : "fuck!!!!!"

[@iSPELLinAMERICAN]

So iPhone is just market saturation?

[@luisalejandro3267]

bro the galaxy S3

[@SuperYumnam]

Snake game & its tete re tetre tete tone of legendary NOKIA 1100!!😁 But my first phone is 1600 in 2007

[@rajsharma-hb6cl]

Nokia Phone and their selling record unbreakble

[@Beresunablle]

I thought xiomi said there the leading phone seller by quantity

[@DrmMemesGaming]

You missed out the 5c, the phone everyone had

[@eptdy]

Obviously not. It didn't sell in high enough numbers to make the list

[@DrmMemesGaming]

@@eptdyyes do not think, just trust the chart.

[@smarii8291]

Omg you are so stupid 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@Theworthsearcher]

What about others, like alcatel, ericsson and so on?

[@lagillas]

this is the only type of video that keeps me alive, i love this, wheter is true or not, i just love numbers growing against others, and i live and will die for crypto

[@InterCity134]

Well the data backing this animation is incomplete or plain wrong. It shows the Motorola Startac stopping sales in the early 1999 which I know is patently false. I know this because I purchase a startac in spring of 2001, so they continued to sell through at least 2001, a full two years after this data animation indicates they stopped selling.

[@frenkbitboy8439]

Wow I'm actually super impressed by the nokia 5230 in winning the race against iPhone 3g

[@adrianaux1]

in tecnical terms i assume the gold medal goes to iphone by apple and the silver medal goes to android by google by alphabet and the bronze to nokia

[@Mr.PM1993]

Ar 4:45 Nokia basically had internal line up competition 😊

[@slavavorotnikov5878]

Nokia is legend❤

[@anjonlee]

1110 is LEGEND

[@tunceris]

No Ericsson in the list?

[@MrXYZ-eq7zi]

I owned Nokia 1600, twice, marvellous performance by Nokia.

[@UserUserUser-jg8zs]

Long live Nokia 1996-2011

[@ppff9802]

What about Ericsson??????

[@Aninga32]

Where's Sony?

[@wh_kers]

Nokia. Motorola. Sony Ericsson