Indian wearables market witnessed over 168 per cent YoY growth in 2019: IDC

The India wearables market had yet another record year with the shipments of wearables devices registering a 168.3 per cent year-on-year (YoY) growth in 2019, according to International Data Corporation’s (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Wearable Device Tracker for the fourth quarter of 2019.

The market was dominated by basic wearables with a 96.2 per cent category share and a 177 per cent YoY growth in 2019.

Leading segments

Earwear was the largest segment with 57 per cent market share in shipments of wearables with 443 per cent YoY growth, followed by wristbands with 35.3 per cent market share and a 52 per cent YoY growth. Watches were the third most popular wearables bagging a market share of 6.3 per cent with 77.5 per cent YoY growth.