App Store Statistics Show Steady Growth Despite Bad Times
Things are looking bad for the economy in more than one country in the world, but the App Store appears to be unaffected by it. That is, of course, according to blogger Charles Teague’s analysis. He calculated the sales of the App Store’s top applications to get a general sense of how the App Store is doing as a whole, and his information shows steady growth despite the economic turmoil.
The below graph shows the number of new applications being released every day since the App Store first was launched 5 months ago. The graph shows the number steadily increasing along a regular curve (disregarding a large spike just a few weeks in).
Currently there are more than 140 new apps being released every day, over 9,000 available for download, and a ratio of paid to free apps of 7:2. The average price is roughly $4.15. The chart below shows average app prices by category.
Of all the categories, games are by far the most popular. Even though they make up only 23% of them, they make up between 39% and 50% of total downloads. The chart below shows the percent of downloads/sales for the categories.
If you’re interested, Teague goes into more detail regarding things like cumulative downloads (instead of just top apps), pricing distribution, and the really expensive applications like iRa and MATG – SAP BusinessOne, on his blog, Dragon Style.
[via Cult of Mac]
