App downloads

According to a report from app intelligence firm Sensor Tower, apps today need 37% more daily downloads to rank number one on the U.S. App Store than they did in 2019 (via TechCrunch). Estimates suggest an iOS app now requires 156,000 downloads on any given day to take the top spot, as opposed to 114,000...

According to App Annie’s latest State of Mobile 2022 report, worldwide consumer spending on mobile apps across iOS, Google Play, and third-party Android app stores in China reached $170 billion in 2021 (via TechCrunch). In terms of app downloads, 230 billion were downloaded worldwide in 2021 setting another record. The report also highlights that global app...

Marking the largest year-over-year increase ever for Q2, the global downloads of Health and Fitness category apps are already up a record 47% in 2020 amid the global COVID-19 pandemic, surpassing 656 million with a month still remaining in the quarter, Sensor Tower is reporting. According to Sensor Tower Store Intelligence estimates, the revenue growth...

Popular video-sharing app TikTok was the world’s most downloaded non-game app during March 2020 with over 115.2 million installs to mark a 98.4% increase from last year. According to Sensor Tower, the countries with the most installs of the app during this period were India at 29.5 % of its total downloads and Brazil at...

Nintendo’s Super Mario Run for iPhone debuted yesterday in the App Store in 151 countries worldwide and already, it has been downloaded over 2.85 million times, according to analytics firm Apptopia (via The Verge). In comparison, Pokémon Go was only downloaded 900,000 times in its first day of availability. The highly anticipated title has however received a less warm reception than anticipated, sending...