This statistic presents a forecast for the number of mobile app downloads worldwide in 2016, 2017 and 2021, sorted by app store. In 2021, consumers are projected to downloaded 196 billion mobile apps from the Google Play Store.
Number of mobile app downloads worldwide in 2016, 2017 and 2021, by store
(in billions)
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App Annie, & AppleInsider. (March 29, 2017). Number of mobile app downloads worldwide in 2016, 2017 and 2021, by store (in billions) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved August 14, 2020, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/276602/annual-number-of-mobile-app-downloads-by-store/
App Annie, und AppleInsider. "Number of mobile app downloads worldwide in 2016, 2017 and 2021, by store (in billions)." Chart. March 29, 2017. Statista. Accessed August 14, 2020. https://www.statista.com/statistics/276602/annual-number-of-mobile-app-downloads-by-store/
App Annie, AppleInsider. (2017). Number of mobile app downloads worldwide in 2016, 2017 and 2021, by store (in billions). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: August 14, 2020. https://www.statista.com/statistics/276602/annual-number-of-mobile-app-downloads-by-store/
App Annie, and AppleInsider. "Number of Mobile App Downloads Worldwide in 2016, 2017 and 2021, by Store (in Billions)." Statista, Statista Inc., 29 Mar 2017, https://www.statista.com/statistics/276602/annual-number-of-mobile-app-downloads-by-store/
App Annie & AppleInsider, Number of mobile app downloads worldwide in 2016, 2017 and 2021, by store (in billions) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/276602/annual-number-of-mobile-app-downloads-by-store/ (last visited August 14, 2020)
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