Following an apparent sell out at launch, a report by Android publisher Animoca suggests the Nexus 7 has already stormed past other notable tablets running Google's OS.
The studio's sweep of new users suggests Google's debut tablet has already built up a larger userbase than both Motorola's Xoom and Sony's Tablet S the first of which has been on the market for a comparatively mammoth 18 months.
No knocking Nexus
Animoca estimates Google's Nexus 7 boasts a 1.37 percent share of its new users - ahead of Xoom on 1.27 percent and Tablet S on 1.18 percent declaring the tablet as a "promising entry" in the Android tablet race.
Nonetheless, despite jumping out of the blocks at pace, Google still has a way to go before catching up with Android's two market leaders.
Amazon's Kindle Fire is reportedly Android's most popular tablet according to Animoca's results boasting 19 percent market share, with Samsung's original Galaxy Tab firmly in second place with little under 11 percent.
Samsung, nonetheless, has the largest market share overall a 25 percent hand thanks to its two other Galaxy Tab variants snapping up third and fourth on the list.
Leaders of the pack
"We can see immediately that Amazons Kindle Fire is the top Android tablet, an especially impressive accomplishment considering that the original Kindle Fire will soon be superseded by the launch of the even more appealing Kindle Fire 2," details Animoca of the results.
"Another company that continues to impress is Samsung: the South Korean titan of tech accounts for no fewer than half of the entries in our top 10 list.
"The strategy of providing a broad product range has made Samsung the top Android tablet brand, in aggregate."
News of Nexus 7's strong start and continued success for Amazon and Samsung comes after the overall rise of tablets has resulted in some asking just what comes next.
You can read what Richard Wilson, CEO of trade association of TIGA, thinks about what the growth of tablet devices and the wealth of developers working on them means for the industry here.
[source: Animoca]
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