Most common smartphone RAM by country

By jkielty - 12 June 2018

We recently discussed how knowledge of a device's hardware - CPU, GPU, Total RAM etc - can help inform decisions around content serving, ad-targeting and optimization.

Knowing when a high-powered device requests your content allows you to offer a richer experience for the user. Depending on the context and other variables, you can, for example, offer a high resolution video over a lower-res version. These decisions become especially important for apps, games and video streaming providers that seek to provide a more immersive experience. On a lower-spec smartphone, your content may simply crash, leaving both you and the user feeling less than satisfied.

In early 2017, Lao Shi (an executive at Huawei) claimed smartphones shouldn't require any more than 4GB to function perfectly, suggesting advances to 6GB/8GB and beyond are merely marketing fluff.

Other manufacturers disagree, and 2017 saw smartphones released with more than 4GB of RAM. The Samsung Galaxy Note 8 ships with 6GB, while the Xiaomi Mi Mix 2 and OnePlus 5T offer 8GB options for those who need, or simply want it.

Below are the most used RAM specifications in 21 countries all across the globe, based on Q1 2018 web traffic statistics from our network of partner sites.

Japan
Malaysia
Nigeria
Poland
Russia
South Africa
Spain
Sweden
UK
US

Top 5 most common RAM by country

Argentina

	RAM	Share
1.	1024 (1GB)	36.35%
2.	2048 (2GB)	27.09%
3.	3072 (3GB)	12.06%
4.	1536 (1.5GB)	12.02%
5.	512 (0.5GB)	4.47%

Australia

	RAM	Share
1.	2GB	37.36%
2.	3GB	20.86%
3.	1GB	18.13%
4.	4GB	17.58%
5.	6GB	3.74%

Brazil

	RAM	Share
1.	1GB	30.93%
2.	2GB	29.4%
3.	3GB	15.65%
4.	1.5GB	11.16%
5.	4GB	4.51%

Canada

	RAM	Share
1.	2GB	39.57%
2.	3GB	19.44%
3.	1GB	18.23%
4.	4GB	15.08%
5.	6GB	4.18%

Colombia

	RAM	Share
1.	1GB	34.9%
2.	2GB	25.72%
3.	1.5GB	12.66%
4.	3GB	11.96%
5.	0.5GB	9.3%

Egypt

	RAM	Share
1.	1GB	28.83%
2.	2GB	27.86%
3.	3GB	20.01%
4.	1.5GB	6.74%
5.	4GB	6.38%

France

	RAM	Share
1.	2GB	38.22%
2.	1GB	21.33%
3.	3GB	17.51%
4.	4GB	11.69%
5.	1.5GB	5.79%

Germany

	RAM	Share
1.	2GB	37.55%
2.	3GB	18.11%
3.	4GB	17.49%
4.	1GB	13.94%
5.	1.5GB	8.52%

India

	RAM	Share
1.	2GB	27.89%
2.	1GB	22.28%
3.	0.5GB	19.54%
4.	3GB	13.83%
5.	1.5GB	6.24%

Ireland

	RAM	Share
1.	2GB	42.14%
2.	1GB	25.4%
3.	3GB	14.8%
4.	4GB	9.64%
5.	1.5GB	4.78%

Italy

	RAM	Share
1.	2GB	38.62%
2.	1GB	20.58%
3.	3GB	16.6%
4.	4GB	10.87%
5.	1.5GB	7.37%

Japan

	RAM	Share
1.	2GB	48.36%
2.	3GB	25.13%
3.	1GB	16.19%
4.	4GB	6.96%
5.	6GB	1.51%

Malaysia

	RAM	Share
1.	2GB	28.91%
2.	1GB	21.05%
3.	3GB	19.15%
4.	1.5GB	16.55%
5.	4GB	8.5%

Nigeria

	RAM	Share
1.	2GB	30.08%
2.	1GB	26.84%
3.	3GB	20.12%
4.	4GB	8.96%
5.	0.5GB	5.41%

Poland

	RAM	Share
1.	2GB	39.7%
2.	3GB	18.15%
3.	1GB	14.92%
4.	4GB	9.67%
5.	1.5GB	8.86%

Russia

	RAM	Share
1.	2GB	35.19%
2.	1GB	29.32%
3.	3GB	14.23%
4.	1.5GB	7.04%
5.	0.5GB	3.99%

South Africa

	RAM	Share
1.	2GB	30.93%
2.	1GB	17.94%
3.	3GB	16.62%
4.	4GB	13.77%
5.	1.5GB	9.08%

Spain

	RAM	Share
1.	2GB	37.31%
2.	3GB	20.19%
3.	1GB	19.17%
4.	4GB	10.63%
5.	1.5GB	6.02%

Sweden

	RAM	Share
1.	2GB	39.22%
2.	4GB	18.09%
3.	3GB	17.32%
4.	1GB	16.63%
5.	6GB	3.18%

United Kingdom

	RAM	Share
1.	2GB	40.37%
2.	1GB	17.56%
3.	3GB	17.31%
4.	4GB	15.66%
5.	1.5GB	4.81%

United States

	RAM	Share
1.	2GB	39.53%
2.	3GB	22.5%
3.	4GB	16.74%
4.	1GB	14.05%
5.	1.5GB	4.2%

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