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Annual Apple App Store iOS developer payout 2015-2018
Annual Apple App Store iOS developer payout 2015-2018
Apple App Store earnings of mobile app developers in 2015 and 2018 (in billion U.S. dollars)
This statistic presents the annual Apple App Store earnings of mobile app developers from 2015 to 2018. In the last reported year, Apple had paid a total of 34 billion U.S. dollars to iOS app developers. In the previous year, this figure amounted to 26.5 billion U.S. dollars. Cumulative Apple App Store developer earnings amounted to 120 billion U.S. dollars as of January 2019.
Apple App Store earnings of mobile app developers in 2015 and 2018 (in billion U.S. dollars)
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| Annual developer payout in billion U.S. dollars | |
|---|---|
| 2018 | 34 |
| 2017 | 26.5 |
| 2016 | 20 |
| 2015 | 14.3 |
| Annual developer payout in billion U.S. dollars | |
|---|---|
| 2018 | 34 |
| 2017 | 26.5 |
| 2016 | 20 |
| 2015 | 14.3 |
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This statistic presents the annual Apple App Store earnings of mobile app developers from 2015 to 2018. In the last reported year, Apple had paid a total of 34 billion U.S. dollars to iOS app developers. In the previous year, this figure amounted to 26.5 billion U.S. dollars. Cumulative Apple App Store developer earnings amounted to 120 billion U.S. dollars as of January 2019.
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