The Samsung Electronics Official Global Blog, Samsung Tomorrow, announced that the Company gained the biggest market share of the global monitor market in the second quarter, extending its streak from 19 quarters straight to 20.

According to the International Data Corporation (IDC), Samsung took 17.2 % and 14.7 % of the global monitor market in terms of revenue and units, respectively, in the second quarter, maintaining the global market leadership for 20 consecutive quarters the from third quarter of 2006.

Samsung performed well in emerging markets such as the Middle East, Africa and Central and South America. It showed a drastic market share increase in these regions - up by 5.3 percentage points from the first quarter to 25% percents in the Middle East and Africa market, and by 4.3 percentage points to 28.9 percent in the Central and South America market.

Samsung’s LED monitor sales also grew by 8% percent year over year in terms of units, becoming the only company to exceed 20 percent in LED monitor market share. This means that one out of every five LED monitors sold in the first half were Samsung’s monitors.

Many factors have supported such successes. Samsung has continued to launch premium products such as 3D monitors and professional monitors featuring wide-viewing angles. At the same time, it has always sought after an innovative corporate culture to create products with new concepts such as central station monitors.