App Store Metrics
We originally created page to celebrate the App Store reaching 10,000 apps and included a few metrics on the app store. There was a tremendous response to that page. We’ve added a few more interesting stats and expanded the ones that were there onto this new page. Let us know what else you’d like to see on these page either in the comments below or send us feedback via email. We’ll do what we can to include them in the future.
App Store Stats Summary
Count of Active Applications in the App Store [details]
Total Active Apps (currently available for download): 159,611
Total Inactive Apps (no longer available for download): 21,234
Total Apps Seen in US App Store: 180,845
Number of Active Publishers in the US App Store: 32,183
Count of Application Submissions [details]
This Month (Games): 2,009 ( 84 / day )
This Month (Non-Games): 14,387 ( 599 / day )
This Month (Total): 16,396 ( 683 / day )
Application Approval Delay [details]
January, 2010: Maximum delay 38 days, average delay 4.78 days.
Application Price Distribution [details]
Current Average App Price: $3.13
Current Average Game Price: $1.36
Current Average Overall Price: $2.85
Application Category Distribution [details]
Most Popular Categories
1 - Books (28705 active)
2 - Games (24551 active)
3 - Entertainment (20656 active)
4 - Education (11056 active)
5 - Utilities (9788 active)
Page last updated: 2010-02-24 11:37:41 -0800 PST

