App Store Tops 40 Billion Downloads with Almost Half in 2012 (opens in new tab)

(apple.com)

12 pointstoksaitov13y ago9 comments

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smackfu13y ago· 3 in thread

So that's averaging 40 app downloads per account in 2012 alone. Higher than I would expect, but I guess a lot of people download a lot of free apps and then immediately delete them.

FredFredrickson13y ago

How many were repeats (deleted from device, then re-downloaded later)? How many were updates to existing apps (or did they count those)?

These numbers are meant to impress people who know nothing about numbers, in my opinion.

trendnet13y ago

"*40 billion unique downloads excluding re-downloads and updates."

bdcravens13y ago

Reminds me of the channel stuffing that Samsung, Motorola, and others did to tout their tablets sales.

Also reminds me of articles that identify the dominance of Android 9 or 10 months after an iPhone has shipped (and when a flagship Android device has recently shipped).

dangero13y ago· 1 in thread

It would be interesting to know if older applications account for more or less than 50% of the downloads this year. In other words has the potential for a new app gone up or down as the number of apps in the store has grown?

rsynnott13y ago

Simply going by the "Top X apps" thing, the bulk of downloads seem to be of new apps (though there are a few old ones, like Facebook and Angry Birds, perennially up the list).

bornhuetter13y ago

Below is a partial list of superlatives used in this press release:

* 2 x record-breaking

* 4 x incredible

* 2 x best

* most innovative

* astonishing

* beyond our wildest dreams

* thrilled

* excited

* 3 x great

* never seen such a vibrant marketplace

Pr013y ago

Interesting, I had no idea that links could be submitted with and without https: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5020964

damian200013y ago

Anyone know of any recent (& free) country by country statistics, showing total sales figures on the app store?

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