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1253% Increase In QR Codes In 2011

Posted: January 23rd, 2012 | Author: | Filed under: General | No Comments »

We have just released our inaugural  QR Code Trends Report on QR code creation and scanning. During 2011 more than 2.7 million QR codes were created at QRStuff.com putting us in a unique position to report on the trends of QR code creation and related scan events.

Click here to download the full 11 page report.

Report Highlights:

  • There was a 1253% increase in the number of QR Codes created during 2011; While it took three and a half years for the first million QR codes to be created on the QRStuff.com website, the second million came around in less than three months, with that milestone being reached at the start of Q4 2011.
  • The United States, Canada and the UK lead in QR code creation and scanning, with 69% of QR codes created  and 87% of scan events recorded;
  • There has been an increase in QR code activity in rural and regional areas (non-metropolitan) in the US;
  • Globally, the use of QR codes is on the increase with scan events recorded from 200 countries during 2011 (up from the 142 in 2010). Late in the year, we recorded scan events from Cape Verde, Eritrea, Sierra Leone, Togo and Turkmenistan for the first time ever;
  • Despite having over 20 QR code data types available, over 63% of all QR Codes created were linked to a website URL;
  • 54% of QR Codes scans were done using iOS devices, with iPads accounting for almost 2% of all scans;

To download a free copy of the report in its entirety, please click here.

If you require more information about this report please email pr@qrstuff.com

 

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