Browse by release year
A decade of Android launches, indexed by year.
Each row is a release year across every manufacturer, every region, every variant. 2022–2024 is the support sweet-spot: still getting security patches, already discounted off MSRP, and competitive against today's mid-range on most axes.
2022catalog median
2016 →oldest indexed
2025newest indexed
10release years tracked
Fresh off the line
The three most active release years.
Together, these three years account for over half of every device record in the catalog.
Every release year we track
2025
612devices · 2.18% of catalog
Most common on Galaxy S25
2024
5,840devices · 20.80% of catalog
Most common on Galaxy S24
2023
5,218devices · 18.58% of catalog
Most common on Galaxy S23
2022
4,712devices · 16.78% of catalog
Most common on Redmi Note 11
2021
3,984devices · 14.19% of catalog
Most common on Galaxy A12
2020
3,220devices · 11.47% of catalog
Most common on Galaxy A21s
2019
2,418devices · 8.62% of catalog
Most common on Galaxy A10
2018
1,224devices · 4.36% of catalog
Most common on Galaxy J2 Core
2017
618devices · 2.20% of catalog
Most common on Galaxy J7
2016
286devices · 1.02% of catalog
Most common on Galaxy J5