Apple’s App Store remained in the lead.
In the year 2021, the digital content platform Google Play generated gross revenues of approximately 48 billion U.S. dollars through mobile apps. This is a global consumer spending increase of about 23 percent, compared to the previous year. With gross revenue reaching over 85.1 billion U.S. dollars, Worldwide gross app revenue of Google Play from 2016 to 2021 (in billion U.S. dollars)
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Statistics on App stores
Overview
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- Premium Statistic Number of apps available in leading app stores Q3 2022
- Basic Statistic Annual number of global mobile app downloads 2016-2022
- Premium Statistic Mobile app downloads worldwide 2017-2025, by segment
- Premium Statistic Change in app installs in selected countries 2021, by platform
- Premium Statistic Mobile app revenue worldwide 2017-2025, by segment
- Premium Statistic Free and paid app distribution for Android and iOS 2023
- Basic Statistic Global Apple App Store and Google Play app downloads 2015-2022
Apple App Store
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- Premium Statistic Apple App Store: number of available apps as of Q3 2022
- Basic Statistic Apple App Store: quarterly growth of available apps as 2015-2022
- Premium Statistic Apple App Store: growth of available apps Q3 2022, by category
- Basic Statistic Number of active apps from the Apple App Store 2008-2022
- Premium Statistic Number of monthly Apple App Store app releases worldwide 2019-2023
- Basic Statistic Apple App Store: annual gross app revenue 2017-2021
- Basic Statistic Apple App Store: average app price 2022
- Basic Statistic Distribution of free and paid iOS apps 2019-2023
Google Play
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- Basic Statistic Google Play: number of available apps as of Q3 2022
- Basic Statistic Google Play: quarterly growth of available apps as 2015-2022
- Premium Statistic Google Play: growth of available apps Q3 2022, by category
- Basic Statistic Google Play: number of available apps 2009-2023
- Premium Statistic Number of monthly Google Play app releases worldwide 2019-2023
- Premium Statistic Google Play: annual consumer spending on mobile apps 2016-2021
- Premium Statistic Average price of paid Android apps 2023
- Basic Statistic Distribution of free and paid Android apps 2023
Amazon Appstore
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- Basic Statistic Amazon Appstore: number of available apps as of Q3 2022
- Premium Statistic Amazon Appstore: quarterly growth of available apps as 2015-2022
- Premium Statistic Amazon Appstore: growth of available apps Q3 2022, by category
- Premium Statistic Number of monthly Amazon Appstore app releases worldwide 2020-2023
- Premium Statistic Average price of paid Amazon Appstore apps 2023
- Basic Statistic Distribution of free and paid Amazon apps 2020-2023
- Premium Statistic Leading Amazon Appstore app categories 2023, by number of apps
Spotlight: China
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- Premium Statistic Key figures of mobile app usage in China 2022
- Basic Statistic Number of smartphone apps on app stores in China 2017-H1 2022
- Premium Statistic Share of available mobile apps in China 2021, by category
- Premium Statistic Average number of apps on smartphones in China Q1 2020-Q4 2022
- Premium Statistic Android app store market share in China 2022
- Basic Statistic Number of mobile apps and app publishers on the Tencent Appstore 2023
- Premium Statistic Number of app installs on Huawei AppGallery 2013-2020
- Premium Statistic MAUs of Huawei AppGallery 2019 Q1-2021 Q1
Further related statistics
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- Leading non-gaming Android app publishers in Italy 2022, by revenue
- Leading non-gaming Android app publishers in Austria 2022, by revenue
- Leading non-gaming Android app publishers in Belgium 2022, by revenue
- Leading non-gaming Android app publishers in Switzerland 2022, by revenue
- Leading non-gaming Android app publishers in Germany 2022, by revenue
- Leading Android non-gaming app publishers in Spain 2022, by revenue
- Leading non-gaming Android app publishers in the U.S. 2022, by revenue
- Monthly downloads of YouTube Music on Google Play in the United Kingdom 2019-2020
- Leading video player apps in Google Play in Spain 2019, by downloads
- Monthly downloads of the Spotify app on Google Play in Germany 2019-2020
- Leading news and magazine apps in Google Play in Spain 2020, by downloads
- Leading video player apps in Google Play in Germany 2022, by downloads
- Leading social media apps in Google Play in Great Britain 2019-2020, by downloads
- Leading Android gaming apps in Switzerland 2022, by downloads
- Dominican Republic: mobile voice app experience score 2019, by network
- Free Google Play Store apps losing popularity India June 2021, by usage rank
- Most popular free mobile sports streaming apps in Poland 2022, by downloads
- Social media app daily usage duration in China 2020, by selected brand
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- Leading non-gaming Android app publishers in Austria 2022, by revenue
- Leading non-gaming Android app publishers in Belgium 2022, by revenue
- Leading non-gaming Android app publishers in Switzerland 2022, by revenue
- Leading non-gaming Android app publishers in Germany 2022, by revenue
- Leading Android non-gaming app publishers in Spain 2022, by revenue
- Leading non-gaming Android app publishers in the U.S. 2022, by revenue
- Monthly downloads of YouTube Music on Google Play in the United Kingdom 2019-2020
- Leading video player apps in Google Play in Spain 2019, by downloads
- Monthly downloads of the Spotify app on Google Play in Germany 2019-2020
- Leading news and magazine apps in Google Play in Spain 2020, by downloads
- Leading video player apps in Google Play in Germany 2022, by downloads
- Leading social media apps in Google Play in Great Britain 2019-2020, by downloads
- Leading Android gaming apps in Switzerland 2022, by downloads
- Dominican Republic: mobile voice app experience score 2019, by network
- Free Google Play Store apps losing popularity India June 2021, by usage rank
- Most popular free mobile sports streaming apps in Poland 2022, by downloads
- Social media app daily usage duration in China 2020, by selected brand
Sensor Tower. (December 7, 2021). Worldwide gross app revenue of Google Play from 2016 to 2021 (in billion U.S. dollars) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved March 24, 2023, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/444476/google-play-annual-revenue/
Sensor Tower. "Worldwide gross app revenue of Google Play from 2016 to 2021 (in billion U.S. dollars)." Chart. December 7, 2021. Statista. Accessed March 24, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/444476/google-play-annual-revenue/
Sensor Tower. (2021). Worldwide gross app revenue of Google Play from 2016 to 2021 (in billion U.S. dollars). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: March 24, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/444476/google-play-annual-revenue/
Sensor Tower. "Worldwide Gross App Revenue of Google Play from 2016 to 2021 (in Billion U.S. Dollars)." Statista, Statista Inc., 7 Dec 2021, https://www.statista.com/statistics/444476/google-play-annual-revenue/
Sensor Tower, Worldwide gross app revenue of Google Play from 2016 to 2021 (in billion U.S. dollars) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/444476/google-play-annual-revenue/ (last visited March 24, 2023)
Worldwide gross app revenue of Google Play from 2016 to 2021 (in billion U.S. dollars) [Graph], Sensor Tower, December 7, 2021. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/444476/google-play-annual-revenue/