iPod Milestones (2001-2008)

Date
iPods Sold
(Quarter / Total)
iPod Sold
(Q/Q change)
Notes
1/9/01
.
iTunes 1.0 released (based on SoundJam)
10/23/01
0
n/a
1st generation 5 GB iPod introduced; iTunes 2.0 released
12/31/01
125,000 / 125,000
n/a
..
3/20/02
.
10 GB iPod added
3/31/02
57,000 / 182,000
n/a
..
6/30/02
54,000 / 236,000
n/a
..
7/17/02
.
iTunes 3.0 released; 2nd Gen. 20 GB iPod (solid-state wheel, unoff. Windows support)
9/30/02
145,000 / 381.000
n/a
..
12/30/02
219,000 / 600,000
+ 75.2%
..
3/30/03
80,000 / 680,000
+ 40.4%
..
4/28/03
.
3rd Gen. 30 GB iPod (dock; solid-state); iTunes 4.0 released; iTMS launched
6/30/03
304,000 / 984,000
+ 563.0%
..
9/8/03
.
40 GB iPod added; 10 Million songs sold
9/30/03
336,000 / 1,320,000
+ 231.7%
..
10/16/03
.
official iTunes/iTMS Windows support added
12/15/03
.
25 Million songs sold
12/30/03
733,000 / 2,053,000
+ 334.7%
..
1/6/04
.
1st gen. 4 GB iPod mini released
3/31/04
807,000 / 2,860,000
+ 1,008.8%
..
6/30/04
860,000 / 3,720,000
+ 282.9%
..
7/19/04
.
4th Gen. iPod added (click wheel)
9/30/04
2,016,000 / 5,736,000
+ 600.0%
..
10/26/04
.
iTMS European Union launched (9 nations); iPod photo added; U2 iPod
12/31/04
4,500,000 / 10,236,000
+ 613.9%
...
1/11/05
.
1st gen. iPod shuffle released; iTMS Ireland launched
2/23/05
.
2nd gen. iPod mini released (6 GB)
3/31/05
5,311,000 / 15,547,000
+ 658.1%
..
6/30/05
6,155,000 / 21,702,000
+ 715.7%
..
9/7/05
.
iTunes 5.0 released; 1st gen. iPod nano released
9/30/05
6,451,000 / 28,153,000
+ 320.0%
..
10/12/05
.
iTunes 6.0 released; 5th gen. iPod (Video; 60 GB); TV Show downloads
12/31/05
14,043,000 / 42,196,000
+ 312.1%
..
3/30/06
8,526,000 / 50,722,000
+ 60.5%
..
6/30/06
8,111,000 / 58,833,000
+ 31.8%
..
9/12/06
.
iTunes 7.0 released; Movie downloads added; 2nd Gen. iPod nano (8 GB);
2nd Gen. iPod shuffle; 5.5th Gen. iPod (80 GB); 640x480 videos
9/30/06
8,729,000 / 67,562,000
+ 35.3%
..
12/31/06
21,066,000 / 88,628,000
+ 50.0%
..
3/31/07
10,549,000 / 99,177,000
+ 23.7%
.
4/9/07
.
100 Million iPods sold
6/30/07
9,815,000 / 108,992,000
+ 21.0%
9/5/07
.
110 Million iPods sold; 3rd. Gen iPod nano (video); 6th Gen. iPod classic (160 GB); iPod touch; iTunes ringtones/Wi-Fi store, etc.
9/30/07
10,200,000 / 119,192,000
+ 16.9%
.
12/31/07
22,121,000 / 141,313,000
+ 5.0%
.
3/31/08
10,644,000 / 151,957,000
+ 0.9%
150 million iPods sold