Following its mid-June lunch in Poland, Apple Pay early adoption numbers are showing excellent strength, easily outpacing the adoption numbers shown by Google Pay when it rolled out in the country in 2016.
Polish news site TabletOwo has shared figures highlighting Apple Pay’s adoption during its first 10 days of availability in the country.
Apple Pay’s launch in Poland was a long-time coming, especially considering that Google Pay originally rolled out in the country (then as Android Pay) in mid-2016. Despite Apple Pay’s nearly 2 year delay, early statistics show that Apple Pay has already garnered between 175,000 and 200,000 users.
For comparison’s sake, Android Pay saw adoption numbers of nearly 300,000 users in nearly 2 years. The Android-based payment solution attracted just 25,000 users in its first four months of availability.
Apple Pay’s numbers are especially impressive when, as TabletOwo notes, there are nearly 22 million Android users in Poland, compared to the 557,000 iOS device users.
It should be noted that these adoption numbers are not from Apple or its Polish banking partners, but instead comes from third-party data collected by Cashless. It should also be noted that Android supports a large number of mobile payment platforms.
The Apple Pay adoption rate is almost sure to hit the brakes in the near future, as with only 557,000 total users and adoption numbers of 200,000, there isn’t much room left for growth.