There’s really no major surprises when it comes to the big players on the mobile web, according to two reports released today. In fact, all of the top destinations are already major internet brands, unlike the mobile applications in which some small companies have made a name for themselves.
Nielsen said the top websites visited on a mobile phone from January to September, include Google (NSDQ: GOOG) search, Yahoo (NSDQ: YHOO) Mail, Gmail, The Weather Channel and Facebook. In a second list, Nielsen detailed the top brands accessed on the mobile phone. Those include: Yahoo, Google, MSN/WindowsLive/Bing, AOL (NYSE: AOL) Media Network and The Weather Channel. In a separate report released today by Opera, which details monthly usage based on what people are visiting via their mobile browser, the results were very similar. The top five were: Google, Facebook, Yahoo, MySpace and Wikipedia. The only new company to the list was Amazon.com (NSDQ: AMZN), which came in at 10th.
Both companies also released a list of the top handsets. Opera’s list does not include the iPhone because its browser is not available in iTunes, however, Nielsen ranked the iPhone in first place with 4 percent of all U.S. subscribers. That figure is a bit deceiving because other handset-makers like RIM (NSDQ: RIMM) and LG (SEO: 066570) dominate the rankings with various handset models. RIM’s various models actually translates to a 8 percent penetration rate. Overall, smartphones are owned by 15 percent of all households. Surprisingly, the popular, but low-end and aging Motorola (NYSE: MOT) Razr continues to rank third with 2.3 percent of the install base.
In Opera’s rankings, the BlackBerry comes in third, but also dominates the rankings, spanning from sixth place to 10th place. LG comes in second with the Lotus.

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