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According to comScore's latest report, which measures smartphone adoption rates in EU5 -- France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the United Kingdom -- Android has grown an amazing 16.2% between July 2010 and July 2011, which propelled it to second place on the top smartphone platform list. 

<a href="http://mashable.com/follow/topics/nokia/">Nokia</a>'s dying <a href="http://mashable.com/follow/topics/symbian/">Symbian</a> is still number one, but its market share has shrunk considerably in this same period, and there's no reason to believe this trend will change. <a href="http://mashable.com/follow/topics/apple/">Apple</a>'s <a href="http://mashable.com/follow/topics/ios/">iOS</a> is number three on the list, with moderate growth - only 1.2% year-over-year. 

<a href="http://mashable.com/follow/topics/rim/">RIM</a>'s growth was similar to Apple's, and it was only enough to put its <a href="http://mashable.com/follow/topics/blackberry/">BlackBerry</a> platform firmly in fourth place. <a href="http://mashable.com/follow/topics/microsoft/">Microsoft</a> lost 4.8% and settled in fifth place. The Redmond giant can only find some comfort in hoping that Nokia's <a href="http://mashable.com/follow/topics/windows-phone-7/">Windows Phone 7</a> devices, due to start appearing on the market at the end of this year, will reverse this trend. 

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All of this paints quite a clear picture: In these European markets, Symbian users are mostly switching to Android devices. As Symbian's market share plunges toward zero, if the current trends continue, we'll see Android grabbing an even bigger size of the market in the near future. 

comScore also has a nice breakdown of Android smartphone manufacturers' individual market shares. HTC is leading the pack with a 34.6% share, followed by Samsung with 31.7%, with Sony Ericsson, LG and Motorola grabbing places three to five. 

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