No doubt that Apple has singlehandedly created and owned the MP3 player market since the first iPod launched in 2001, and a new infographic by OnlineSchools for Mashable catalogs the growth.
Apple sold 125,000 iPods by the end of 2001; it sold a flabbergasting 225 million by 2010. Coupled with the music management/online music store one-two punch that was iTunes, the iPod turned out to be one of the most successful gadgets of all time.
In the amazing infographic below, you can see the rise of the iPod and iTunes (and how they’ve affected our lives) in the last nine years. It’s true: the rest of the MP3 market never stood a chance.
I’m not so sure I would call it ‘amazing’, but it does a good job compiling the iPod’s explosive growth.
Fullsize after the break.
via How iPod Took The World By Storm [INFOGRAPHIC].
