IDC: “Chromebook, Tablet Shipments Decline for First Time Since Pandemic Began”

According to the latest IDC research, Chromebooks and tablets saw their first quarterly fall in shipments since the pandemic began in 2020. While Chromebook shipments decreased by 29.8% year over year in the third quarter of 2021, tablet shipments decreased by 9.4% year over year. The number of Chromebooks shipped fell to 6.5 million, while the number of tablets shipped fell to 42.3 million.

Lenovo is said to have a 23.1 percent market share in the Chromebook category. Apple, on the other hand, dominated the tablet industry with 34.6 percent market share in the third quarter. According to IDC's newest study, lifting limitations in many places resulted in greater expenditure in other categories, lowering Chromebook and tablet demand. The drop is also due to a comparison to a robust third quarter in 2020, when consumer device shipments peaked, according to the research. With 1.5 million sales and a 23.1 percent market share in Q3 2021, Lenovo won the Chromebook sector. However, it saw a 10% drop in annual growth from the same quarter last year, when it delivered 1.7 million devices. Acer ranks second in Chromebook shipments, with 1.4 million units shipped and a market share of 20.8 percent.