App Store Tops 40 Billion Downloads with Almost Half in 2012

  • Below is a partial list of superlatives used in this press release:

    * 2 x record-breaking

    * 4 x incredible

    * 2 x best

    * most innovative

    * astonishing

    * beyond our wildest dreams

    * thrilled

    * excited

    * 3 x great

    * never seen such a vibrant marketplace

  • It would be interesting to know if older applications account for more or less than 50% of the downloads this year. In other words has the potential for a new app gone up or down as the number of apps in the store has grown?

  • Interesting, I had no idea that links could be submitted with and without https: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5020964

  • So that's averaging 40 app downloads per account in 2012 alone. Higher than I would expect, but I guess a lot of people download a lot of free apps and then immediately delete them.

  • Anyone know of any recent (& free) country by country statistics, showing total sales figures on the app store?