This statistic presents a forecast for the number of mobile app downloads worldwide in 2016, 2017 and 2021, sorted by app store. In 2021, consumers are projected to downloaded 196 billion mobile apps from the Google Play Store.
Number of mobile app downloads worldwide in 2016, 2017 and 2021, by store (in billions)
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Data.ai, & AppleInsider. (March 29, 2017). Number of mobile app downloads worldwide in 2016, 2017 and 2021, by store (in billions) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved April 26, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/276602/annual-number-of-mobile-app-downloads-by-store/
Data.ai, und AppleInsider. "Number of mobile app downloads worldwide in 2016, 2017 and 2021, by store (in billions)." Chart. March 29, 2017. Statista. Accessed April 26, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/276602/annual-number-of-mobile-app-downloads-by-store/
Data.ai, AppleInsider. (2017). Number of mobile app downloads worldwide in 2016, 2017 and 2021, by store (in billions). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: April 26, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/276602/annual-number-of-mobile-app-downloads-by-store/
Data.ai, and AppleInsider. "Number of Mobile App Downloads Worldwide in 2016, 2017 and 2021, by Store (in Billions)." Statista, Statista Inc., 29 Mar 2017, https://www.statista.com/statistics/276602/annual-number-of-mobile-app-downloads-by-store/
Data.ai & AppleInsider, Number of mobile app downloads worldwide in 2016, 2017 and 2021, by store (in billions) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/276602/annual-number-of-mobile-app-downloads-by-store/ (last visited April 26, 2024)
Number of mobile app downloads worldwide in 2016, 2017 and 2021, by store (in billions) [Graph], Data.ai, & AppleInsider, March 29, 2017. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/276602/annual-number-of-mobile-app-downloads-by-store/