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Year-over-year decrease in mobile apps launched worldwide in the Apple App Store and in the Google Play Store in 2022
Global app stores yearly decrease in mobile apps published 2022
In 2022, mobile app developers and publishers worldwide released 13 percent fewer mobile apps on the Apple App Store compared to the previous year. Similarly, Android developers released around 12 percent fewer mobile apps on the Google Play Store compared to 2021.
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