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iPod Sales: Quarterly & Total
(all data comes from Apple's Press Release Library and/or Quarterly Sales Statements)
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Date
iPods Sold (quarter)
iPod Sold (total)
Notes
1/9/01
.
iTunes 1.0 released (based on SoundJam)
10/23/01
0
0
1st generation 5 GB iPod introduced; iTunes 2.0 released
12/31/01
125,000
125,000
.
03/20/02
.
10 GB iPod added
03/31/02
57,000
182,000
.
06/30/02
54,000
236,000
.
07/17/02
.
iTunes 3.0 released; 2nd Gen. 20 GB iPod (solid-state wheel, unoff. Windows support)
09/30/02
145,000
381,000
.
12/30/02
219,000
600,000
.
03/30/03
80,000
680,000
.
04/28/03
.
3rd Gen. 30 GB iPod (dock; solid-state); iTunes 4.0 released; iTMS launched
06/30/03
304,000
984,000
.
09/08/03
.
40 GB iPod added; 10 Million songs sold
09/30/03
336,000
1,320,000
.
10/16/03
.
official iTunes/iTMS Windows support added
12/15/03
.
25 Million songs sold
12/30/03
733,000
2,053,000
.
01/06/04
.
1st gen. 4 GB iPod mini released
03/30/04
807,000
2,860,000
.
06/30/04
860,000
3,720,000
.
07/19/04
.
4th Gen. iPod added (click wheel)
09/30/04
2,016,000
5,736,000
.
10/26/04
.
iTMS European Union launched (9 nations); iPod photo added; U2 iPod
12/31/04
4,500,000
10,236,000
.
01/11/05
.
1st gen. iPod shuffle released; iTMS Ireland launched
02/23/05
.
2nd gen. iPod mini released (6 GB)
03/31/05
5,311,000
15,547,000
.
06/30/05
6,155,000
21,702,000
.
09/07/05
.
iTunes 5.0 released; 1st gen. iPod nano released
09/30/05
6,451,000
28,153,000
.
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
.
03/30/06
8,526,000
50,722,000
.
06/30/06
8,111,000
58,833,000
.
09/12/06
.
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
09/30/06
8,729,000
67,562,000
.
12/31/06
21,066,000
88,628,000
.
03/31/07
10,549,000
99,177,000
04/09/07
.
100,000,000
100 Million iPods sold
06/30/07
9,815,000
108,992,000
09/05/07
.
110 Million iPods sold; 3rd. Gen iPod nano (video); 6th Gen. iPod classic (160 GB); iPod touch; iTunes ringtones/Wi-Fi store, etc.
09/30/07
10,200,000
119,192,000
12/31/07
22,121,000
141,313,000
3/31/08
10,644,000
151,957,000
150 million iPods sold

Quarterly iPod Sales Figures
Date
iPods Sold
(Prev. Year)
iPods Sold
(This Quarter)
Q/Q
Change
iPod Sold
(Total)
12/31/01
n/a
125,000
n/a
125,000
3/31/02
n/a
57,000
n/a
182,000
6/30/02
n/a
54,000
n/a
236,000
9/30/02
n/a
145,000
n/a
381,000
12/31/02
125,000
219,000
+ 75.2%
600,000
3/31/03
57,000
80,000
+ 40.4%
680,000
6/30/03
54,000
304,000
+ 563.0%
984,000
9/30/03
145,000
336,000
+ 231.7%
1,320,000
12/31/03
219,000
733,000
+ 334.7%
2,053,000
3/31/04
80,000
807,000
+ 1,008.8%
2,860,000
6/30/04
304,000
860,000
+ 282.9%
3,720,000
9/30/04
336,000
2,016,000
+ 600.0%
5,736,000
12/31/04
733,000
4,500,000
+ 613.9%
10,236,000
3/31/05
807,000
5,311,000
+ 658.1%
15,547,000
6/30/05
860,000
6,155,000
+ 715.7%
21,702,000
9/30/05
2,016,000
6,451,000
+ 320.0%
28,153,000
12/31/05
4,500,000
14,043,000
+ 312.1%
42,196,000
3/31/06
5,311,000
8,526,000
+ 60.5%
50,722,000
6/30/06
6,155,000
8,111,000
+ 31.8%
58,833,000
9/30/06
6,451,000
8,729,000
+ 35.3%
67,562,000
12/31/06
14,043,000
21,066,000
+ 50.0%
88,628,000
3/31/07
8,526,000
10,549,000
+ 23.7%
99,177,000
6/30/07
8,111,000
9,815,000
+ 21.0%
108,992,000
09/30/07
8,729,000
10,200,000
+ 16.9%
119,192,000
12/31/07
21,066,000
22,121,000
+ 5.0%
141,313,000
3/31/08
10,549,000
10,644,000
+ 0.9%
151,957,000
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