Count of Active Applications in the App Store

This page shows the number of active applications in currently in the US App Store. Active applications, for the purpose of these metrics, are applications that appeared in the app store on a particular day/week/month.

Total Active Apps (currently available for download): 104,496
Total Inactive Apps (no longer available for download): 11,853
Total Apps Seen in US App Store: 116,349
Number of Active Publishers in the US App Store: 24,511

Count of Active Applications By Month
Month	# Apps	# Games	# Total
0000-00	0	1	1
2008-05	1	2	3
2008-06	14	7	21
2008-07	418	114	532
2008-08	1,473	440	1,913
2008-09	3,343	1,024	4,367
2008-10	5,035	1,481	6,516
2008-11	7,101	2,047	9,148
2008-12	9,729	2,694	12,423
2009-01	13,136	3,457	16,593
2009-02	17,479	4,374	21,853
2009-03	23,020	5,526	28,546
2009-04	28,848	6,774	35,622
2009-05	34,880	8,061	42,941
2009-06	42,924	9,506	52,430
2009-07	51,527	10,977	62,504
2009-08	59,881	12,597	72,478
2009-09	70,344	14,559	84,903
2009-10	77,654	16,101	93,755
2009-11	86,639	17,798	104,437
2009-12	86,664	17,799	104,463
2010-02	86,664	17,801	104,465
2010-04	86,664	17,802	104,466
2010-11	86,664	17,803	104,467
2010-01	86,692	17,803	104,495
2010-09	86,693	17,803	104,496

Page last updated: 2009-11-27 02:55:12 -0800 PST