Apple has sold 3 billion iPhones since its launch in 2007

Apple just reported its Q3 2025 earnings in the company’s earnings call earlier today, and it shared an interesting nugget of information.

During the call, CEO Tim Cook stated that Apple has sold three billion iPhones – that’s 3,000,000,000. It’s a lot of phones. Seeing that the iPhone was launched in 2007, it took Apple 18 years to achieve this feat.

To put this figure into context, it means the following:

• 166 million iPhones per year
• 13.8 million iPhones per month
• 445,000 iPhones per day
• 18,500 iPhones per hour

What’s interesting also is that iPhone sales appear to be picking up pace. Apple sold its billionth iPhone back in July 2016 – which means it took the company nine years to reach its first billion. The second billion came quicker. Though Apple did not say when, analysts believe the two billionth iPhone was sold around September 2021, which took five years. Now, just four years later, Apple has hit three billion.

Apple’s Q3 2025 earnings were impressive, handily beating analysts’ expectations. It recorded US$94.04 billion in revenue, which is a 10% increase year-on-year, and significantly above analysts’ expectations of US$89.22 billion. Profit was US$23.43 billion.

Much of this can be attributed to consumers rushing to buy devices before Trump’s tariff hikes kick in. A recent report said Apple will likely increase prices for its iPhone 17 models later this year because of the tariffs.