Top 10 Interesting Mobile Apps Statistics You Should Know
                     
If you’re a mobile application developer and are 
looking to get inside the mind of today’s mobile app 
users, Claritus is certainly the place to do it. Here are 
20 of the most interesting stats 
we found when it comes to mobile application development.
To date, iOS app developers 
1 have earned over $86 Billion 
developing apps for the Apple 
App Store
Mobile application development pays and it pays well. Since the debut 
of Apple’s App Store in 2008, developers that have created 
applications made available on the store have earned over $86 
billion, according to Apple. Mobile app downloads grew by more 
than 70 percent in just the last year alone, and the App Store 
now has more than two million available mobile apps.
2 Top 5 Categories for Android and iOS Mobile Applications 
ANDROID iOS APP
APP
● Tools ● Games
● Communication ● Business
● Video Players & ● Education
Edit ● Lifestyle
● Travel & Local ● Entertainment
● Social
3 The Top 5 Global Android 
Apps 
27.17 m 27.70 m 25.00 m
75.81 m 50.30 m
4 The Top 5 Global iOS Apps 
8.71  m 7.51 m 7.81  m
9.15 m 8.62 m
The average smartphone 
5 user in the United States 
looks at their mobile device 
47 times a day
Americans are addicted to their smartphones. According to a study by 
Deloitte, the average mobile phone user in the United States looks at 
their screen approximately 47 times a day. 80% of mobile phone 
users check their device right before they go to sleep and shortly 
after waking up in the morning. Almost half the people surveyed 
admitted to trying to limit their mobile phone usage, but reportedly 
only 30% have done so successfully.
6 Top 5 must-have apps according to 
millennials
7 Google Play has the most apps available in its store, with a 
whopping 2.8 million
While Apple’s App Store still generates the most revenue from 
its apps, Google has a much bigger app store when it comes to 
the number of apps available. Apple comes in second with 
Microsoft Windows Store, Amazon Appstore, and BlackBerry 
World rounding out the list.
8 The mobile app market is set for a 385% growth rate 
through 2021
China is set to hold the record for highest growth with an 
estimated $2.6 trillion in revenue while the United States will 
experience the biggest proportional increase with a 310% 
rise hitting $820 billion.
Mobile e-commerce growth 
9 worldwide is predicted to 
grow to almost 73% of 
all e-commerce sales by 2021
Over the next 3 years, mobile e-commerce sales could reach 
$3.5 trillion and account for up to three-quarters of all e-
commerce sales in general.
1 Apple Pay is currently the most accepted payment app for mobile 
devices
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Although not yet available worldwide, Apple Pay is currently 
responsible for 90 percent of NFC payment transactions. In 
the United States alone, Apple Pay is the most popular 
alternative payment method when it comes to retail 
acceptance, followed by Paypal, Masterpass, Android Pay, Visa 
Checkout, Samsung Pay and Chase Pay.
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