5 Key insights from Adobe’s Mobile First World 2018 report
Adobe Analytics recently analysed over a trillion visits on over 5,000 websites from January 2015 to December 2017 to learn about the current trends in the mobile landscape. Here are 5 key insights from their report.
1) Connection speeds improve online shopping experiences
Source: Adobe Analytics
It’s no mystery why poor connection speeds and page load times result in poor conversions. If your website loads too slow, your customers will abandon your website.
Adobe predicts that faster mobile data plans (5G) in the US will bring online retailers up to a $12 billion dollar year by 2021.
That being said, don’t count on your customers having faster data plans. Make sure that your website is optimised for any connection speed.
Tip: Check out Google’s free PageSpeed Insights tool to help you optimise your site.
2) Websites in developed nations need to compete harder for traffic
The number of website visits in the US have more or less plateaued. Since the US has a high internet penetration rate (76.2%), it’s unlikely to see more web traffic from new Internet users. Australia has an even a higher penetration rate around 88% according to Statista.
Websites that operate and serve customers in developed nations need to compete harder for whoever is already online.
3) Smartphone visits are growing but are shorter
Since January 2015, website visits from smartphones grew 89% in the US, while both desktop and tablets declined by -30% and -17% respectively.
But the duration of smartphone visits are shorter, down by -7.3%, and the number of pages visited also decreased by -8.6%.
This means that customers are becoming less patient and are expecting an efficient mobile web browsing experience. Optimise your mobile site to reduce the number of steps it takes for your customers to complete their goals.
4) Smartphone visits are becoming more valuable
US consumers are spending more time and money while shopping on their small handheld devices. Smartphone revenue per visit is worth 30% of the value of a desktop revenue per visit, up 11% since 2015.
5) Warmer areas generate more smartphone visits
It’s no surprise that warmer regions see more website visits from smartphones than colder ones. For every increase of 2 degrees Celsius, smartphone visits increase by 1% on average.
Colder temperatures naturally push people indoors, making desktop a preferable option for web browsing.
