Opera might not be one of the most popular desktop browsers, but it surely is one of the most popular and fastest growing mobile browser today. Today we have some news from last year regarding Opera's popularity that you should definitely check out.

As you know, 2010 was quite a successful year for Opera's mobile browser, Opera Mini. Opera Mini launched its iOS version and it got more than one million downloads on the first day, which was quite a success. Anyway, in December 2010, Opera had over 85.5 million users, and that's a 6.8% increase from November 2010. As from December 2009, Opera Mini had 84.7% more new users.

In addition, in December 2010, Opera Mini users viewed more than 46.7 billion pages and that's a 4.6% increase since November, and 125.5% increase since December 2009.

As you can see, Opera's popularity is growing, and without a doubt, Opera Mini was one of the most popular mobile browsers last year, so if you haven't tried it yet, we suggest that you give it a go.

[via TechCrunch]

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