Hong Kong: number of apps requesting various permissions 2023

By the end of May 2023, Hong Kong Android app publishers had sought permission for internet access in approximately 14,230 released apps. Additionally, around 84 percent of Hong Kong apps, equivalent to 7,540 apps, requested access to read the external storage.

Leading Android app permissions employed by publishers from Hong Kong as of May 31, 2023, by number of apps

Characteristic	Number of apps
Internet access	14,230
Network information access	13,860
Phone sleep mode prevention	10,980
Write external storage	9,220
Install referrer	8,970
WIFI information access	8,880
Push notification	7,650
Read external storage	7,540
Start at boot time	6,930
Vibration	6,870

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May 2023

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Region

Hong Kong

Survey time period

as of May 31, 2023

Supplementary notes

The data is aggregated based on address, such that only major app publishers and ones with valid Hong Kong addresses on the Android market have been considered.

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