As of February 2022, the first Android apps appearing to users on the Google Play Store results page were updated on average every 58 days. Social media apps presented the most frequent updates on average, with a median update date of 13 days, and an average update frequency of 54 days. By comparison, finance apps had a median and an average of 55 days for new releases, respectively.
Number of days since the highest-ranking mobile apps in the Google Play Store were last updated worldwide as of February 2022, by category
App category
Median days since last update for apps in the first 10 positions
Average days since last update for apps in the first 10 positions
data is based on the 10 highest-ranking apps within their category, wider industry metrics may vary
Supplementary notes
App position refers to the location of a specific app in the ranking of the Google Play Store results page, after a prompted research for apps in six specific categories: finance, food and drink, games, health and fitness, social networking, and shopping.
According to the source, data concerns the 10 highest-ranking apps within their category.
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Semrush. (February 25, 2022). Number of days since the highest-ranking mobile apps in the Google Play Store were last updated worldwide as of February 2022, by category [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved October 31, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1296548/update-frequency-top-android-apps-by-category/
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Semrush. (2022). Number of days since the highest-ranking mobile apps in the Google Play Store were last updated worldwide as of February 2022, by category. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: October 31, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1296548/update-frequency-top-android-apps-by-category/
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