Apple's plan to saturate all ages with iPhone, iPad and Mac is working

Apple puts a lot of effort into its ecosystem across hardware, software, and services, and data shows device ownership across all age groups of US customers is nearly identical.

Reports such as the one from 2022 revealed that 87% of teenagers in the US have an iPhone. And in February 2023, data showed that 34% of the younger generation own Apple's smartphone.

However, the latest report from Consumer Intelligence Research Partners (CIRP) found that, as of December, age profiles don't significantly vary by device. While there are more iPhone owners than iPad and Mac owners, the results are similar between age groups.

For example, in the 18-34 age category, ownership of the iPhone, iPad, and Mac is 22% across the board. The results are similar for the 25-34 age group, with 27% for iPhone owners, 28% for iPad, and 31% for Mac.

The numbers are similar for other age groups for each device, with the rest of the age profiles being 35-44, 45-54, 55-65, and over 65. In each case, percentages for each device don't differ by more than 5%.

Mac users tend to be slightly younger, which could be related to the fact that some educational institutions use Macs. Yet, according to CIRP, Apple's overall plan remains solid.

"Once again, the Apple plan is working," they said. "While there are more iPhone owners than iPad and Mac owners, they have a lot in common — and continue to be the best potential customers for each other device."

7 Comments

DAalseth 3033 comments · 6 Years

About 1 year ago

Those are some rather amazing numbers. Skewing by age is almost accepted as the norm in business.

Fred257 256 comments · 5 Years

I’m leaving the Apple ecosystem as software integration is junk status. Google uses 3 year old hardware and gives a seamless experience. Siri is a huge part of the dysfunction.

freeassociate2 215 comments · 3 Years

It's my experience that the over 45 crowd, particularly among developers, are Russian bot-level prejudiced against Apple products. The propaganda twisted crap that comes out of their mouths would make the trolls on the AI forums blush.

chadbag 2026 comments · 13 Years

freeassociate2 said:

It's my experience that the over 45 crowd, particularly among developers, are Russian bot-level prejudiced against Apple products. The propaganda twisted crap that comes out of their mouths would make the trolls on the AI forums blush.

Interesting. I’ve not noticed that. The anti Apple problem I’ve seen have been of all adult ages. I’m a SE engineer and in my 50s and wouldn’t ever go to a non Apple platform for my main work. And most of the developers I hang with are in my same age bracket.

Fred257 said:

I’m leaving the Apple ecosystem as software integration is junk status. Google uses 3 year old hardware and gives a seamless experience. Siri is a huge part of the dysfunction.

Fred, are you one of these “AI” bots? Your text attributed to you sounds like it was written by one.