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App Store Metrics

Application Category Distribution


Below are a list of all of the top level categories and the number of applications currently active in each.


Current Active Application Count By Category
Books44,192 (17.37%)
Games36,875 (14.49%)
Entertainment28,849 (11.34%)
Education19,787 (7.78%)
Lifestyle16,167 (6.35%)
Travel15,701 (6.17%)
Utilities15,282 (6.01%)
Music10,622 (4.17%)
Reference9,765 (3.84%)
Sports8,810 (3.46%)
Business7,345 (2.89%)
News6,479 (2.55%)
Productivity5,989 (2.35%)
Healthcare & Fitness5,715 (2.25%)
Navigation5,218 (2.05%)
Photography4,684 (1.84%)
Social Networking4,165 (1.64%)
Finance3,907 (1.54%)
Medical3,852 (1.51%)
Weather1,017 (0.40%)
Arcade1 (0.00%)
Puzzle1 (0.00%)
Strategy1 (0.00%)
Simulation1 (0.00%)
Total254,425 (100.00%)


Page last updated: 2010-09-02 05:55:43 -0700 PDT