Mobile Usage Trends in India–Munni Tops the Chart

Airtel has released the released the findings of Airtel Mobitude 2010,  a survey to map onto mobile phone usage trends across the country (captures the preference of over 150 million mobile users across the country).

The survey has interesting findings reported by Airtel

  • 90 billion SMSes were exchanged in India on airtel last year.
  • The maximum number of SMSes exchanged was recorded at 1.2 billion on the auspicious occasion of Diwali.
  • Songs from Bollywood movie ‘Dabaang’ were on the top of the Indian mobile charts with "Munni Badnaam Hui" and "Tere Mast Mast Do Nain" at number one.
  • Katrina Kaif and Salman Khan rule: Of 25 million images and wallpapers downloaded, both stars scored umero uno position in respective categories.

A) Most Celebrated occasions
1. Diwali
2. Dusshera
3. Friendship Day
4. Holi
5. Valentine’s Day
6. New Years
B) Top 5 songs
1. Munni Badnaam Hui
2. Tere Mast Mast Do Nain
3. Pee Loon Hoton Ki Sargam
4. Zor Ka Jhatka
5. Gal Mithi
C) Top images downloads: Bollywood divas
1. Katrina Kaif
2. Kareena Kapoor
3. Deepika Padukone
4. Priyanka Chopra
5. Aishwarya Rai Bachchan
D) Top images downloads: Bollywood actors
1. Salman Khan
2. Shahrukh Khan
3. Ranbir Kapoor
4. Akshay Kumar
5. Shahid Kapoor
6. Hrithik Roshan
E) Top images downloads:
Sports stars (Male)
1. Sachin Tendulkar
2. M S Dhoni
3. Rafael Nadal
4. Roger Federer
5. Harbhajan Singh
6. Sourav Ganguly
F) Top images downloads: Sports stars (Female)
1. Sania Mirza
2. Maria Sharapova
3. Serena Williams
4. Ana Ivanovic
5. Svetlana Kuznetsova [via]

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