In 2018, China was ranked first among the leading countries based on mobile app store downloads with 89.7 billion downloads. This represents a 70 percent growth from 2016. Second-ranked India generated 17.2 billion mobile app downloads in 2018.
Countries with the highest number of mobile app downloads from 2016 to 2018 (in billions)
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eMarketer. (July 29, 2019). Countries with the highest number of mobile app downloads from 2016 to 2018 (in billions) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved May 25, 2022, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/249264/countries-ranked-by-number-of-holiday-app-downloads/
eMarketer. "Countries with the highest number of mobile app downloads from 2016 to 2018 (in billions)." Chart. July 29, 2019. Statista. Accessed May 25, 2022. https://www.statista.com/statistics/249264/countries-ranked-by-number-of-holiday-app-downloads/
eMarketer. (2019). Countries with the highest number of mobile app downloads from 2016 to 2018 (in billions). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: May 25, 2022. https://www.statista.com/statistics/249264/countries-ranked-by-number-of-holiday-app-downloads/
eMarketer. "Countries with The Highest Number of Mobile App Downloads from 2016 to 2018 (in Billions)." Statista, Statista Inc., 29 Jul 2019, https://www.statista.com/statistics/249264/countries-ranked-by-number-of-holiday-app-downloads/
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