(Telecompaper) The worldwide wearables market recorded its eighth consecutive quarter of steady growth in the first quarter of 2015, according to a report by the International Data Corporation (IDC). Vendors shipped a total of 11.4 million wearables in Q1, a 200.0 percent increase from the 3.8 million wearables shipped in Q1 2014. Fitbit was market leader with 3.9 million units shipped and a 34.2 percent market share, followed by Xiaomi with 2.8 million and 24.6 percent, Garmin with 0.7 million and 6.1 percent, Samsung with 0.6 million and 5.3 percent, Jawbone with 0.5 million and 4.4 percent, and others with 2.9 million and 25.4 percent.