How To See Number Of Downloads In App Store

The iOS App Store launched in 2008 with 500 apps. Today, 1.85 million different apps are available for users to download. Android users have even more from which to choose, with 2.56 million available through the Google Play Store.

These apps have come to play a huge role in the way we live our lives today. Through them, we can access pretty much the entire Western canon of music (and much beyond it too), meet romantic partners, and manage our diaries, documentation, and payments. Augmented reality apps are changing the way we interact with the world, and mobile gaming now accounts for lion's share of games industry revenue.

Apps have also played a part during the coronavirus pandemic that has shaped 2020, helping to facilitate social distancing and contact tracing for example. And that is not to mention the crucial role they've played in allowing us to keep in touch with distant friends, family, and colleagues.

The market for these apps is about as big as they come. It is estimated that the global number of smartphone users will rise to 3.5 billion over the course of 2020. If we looked at it in terms of devices, there are more connected mobile devices in the world (7.94 billion) than there are people.

These devices are approaching ubiquity in advanced economies, among which median penetration levels stand at 76% of adults. In South Korea, a stunning 95% of adults own a smartphone.

Emerging economies are catching up. Brazil and South Africa already log penetration levels of 60%, while India's lower figure of 24% still represents hundreds of millions of users.

These figures are growing every year, and along with it, the market for mobile apps. In the below report, we have gathered specific data relating to app downloads and usage. These are intended to give us a better idea of just how many apps are being downloaded every year, which of these are most popular, and how they are being used.

We have collected data and statistics on iOS and Android app downloads. Read on below to find out more.

App download key statistics

142.9 billion apps and games were downloaded in 2020
56.1 billion of those downloads were games, 86.7 billion were apps
Google Play was responsible for 108.5 billion downloads in 2020, iOS had 34.4 billion downloads

App and game downloads

Annual app and game downloads

Year	App downloads
2015	64.4 billion
2016	78.4 billion
2017	95.1 billion
2018	105.2 billion
2019	115.1 billion
2020	142.9 billion

iOS App and game downloads

Annual iOS app and game downloads

Year	App downloads
2015	22 billion
2016	25.5 billion
2017	27.8 billion
2018	29.7 billion
2019	30.6 billion
2020	34.4 billion

Google Play App and game downloads

Annual Google Play app and game downloads

Year	App downloads
2015	42.4 billion
2016	52.9 billion
2017	67.3 billion
2018	75.5 billion
2019	84.5 billion
2020	108.5 billion

Game downloads

Annual game downloads

Year	Game downloads
2015	24.3 billion
2016	27.9 billion
2017	34.7 billion
2018	38.4 billion
2019	42.1 billion
2020	56.1 billion

iOS Game downloads

Annual iOS game downloads

Year	Game downloads
2015	6.6 billion
2016	7.7 billion
2017	8.3 billion
2018	8.9 billion
2019	9.2 billion
2020	10.1 billion

Google Play Game downloads

Annual Google Play game downloads

Year	Game downloads
2015	17.7 billion
2016	20.2 billion
2017	26.4 billion
2018	29.5 billion
2019	32.9 billion
2020	46 billion

App downloads

Annual Google Play app downloads

Year	App downloads
2015	40 billion
2016	50.4 billion
2017	60.3 billion
2018	66.7 billion
2019	72.9 billion
2020	86.7 billion

iOS app downloads

Annual iOS app downloads

Year	App downloads
2015	15.3 billion
2016	17.7 billion
2017	19.4 billion
2018	20.7 billion
2019	21.3 billion
2020	24.3 billion

Google Play app downloads

Annual Google Play app downloads

Year	App downloads
2015	24.6 billion
2016	32.6 billion
2017	40.8 billion
2018	45.9 billion
2019	51.5 billion
2020	62.4 billion

Downloads by country

Country	Number of downloads
China	96.2 billion
India	24.2 billion
US	13.3 billion
Brazil	10.1 billion
Indonesia	6.3 billion
Russia	5.5 billion

Source: App Annie

Hours spent by country

Country	Hours spent
China	1153.5 billion
India	650.6 billion
Brazil	183.6 billion
US	176.3 billion
Indonesia	127 billion
Mexico	98.8 billion

Source: App Annie

App usage by age

Age	Monthly hours spent on apps
18-24	112.6
25-34	102.4
35-44	93.6
45-54	75.6
55-64	69.3
65+	51.4

Source: Simform