Users of iOS-powered Devices Downloaded More than 60 Apps Each

Article by George Norman (Cybersecurity Editor)

on 21 Jan 2011

According to a report published by Asymco an app production studio and an industry analysis advisory headquartered in Helsinki, each user of an iOS-powered device has downloaded more than 60 apps so far. Or to put it in other words, more than 60 apps have been downloaded for each iOS-powered device Apple sold. And Apple sold a lot of them. Just in Q1 2011, a record quarter for Apple from a financial perspective, the company sold 7.33 million iPads, 4.13 million Macs, and 16.24 million iPhones.

Getting back to the topic at hand, 60+ apps per iOS device is a considerable increase says Asymco, pointing out that back in 2008, all iPod Touch and iPhone users downloaded 10 apps each – 10 downloaded apps for each iPod Touch and iPhone sold.

You can read Asymco’s report and find out how the company came to the conclusion that each iOS user downloaded more than 60 apps here. I would love to be able to explain how the report’s author Horace Dediu came to this conclusion, but honestly I am not that good at math. I’ve never been good at math. So here’s the link to the report again. You can see the detailed explanation there.

Speaking of downloaded apps, Apple recently made public a list of the most downloaded apps of all time. According to the Cupertino-based company, the most downloaded apps of all time are:

Top 10 Free iPhone Apps of All Time

1. Facebook
2. Pandora
3. Google Mobile App
4. Shazam
5. Movies by Flixster
6. The Weather Channel
7. Google Earth
8. Bump
9. Skype
10. Paper Toss

Top 10 Free iPad Apps of All Time
1. Pandora
2. Google Mobile App
3. Movies by Flixster
4. Google Earth
5. Yelp
6. Fandango Movies
7. Remote
8. iBooks
9. Bible
10. Solitaire

Top 10 Paid iPhone Apps of All Time
1. Doodle Jump
2. Tap Tap Revenge 3
3. Pocket God
4. Angry Birds
5. Tap Tap Revenge 2.6
6. Bejeweled 2 + Blitz
7. Traffic Rush
8. Tap Tap Revenge Classic
9. AppBox Pro Alarm
10. Flight Control

Top 10 Paid iPad Apps of All Time

1. SoundHound
2. StickWars
3. FlightTrack
4. Backbreaker Football
5. Calorie Tracker
6. BlocksClassic
7. iFart Mobile
8. GoodReader for iPad
9. Cro-Mag Rally
10. Ambiance

Apple released this information in expectance of the 10 billionth app download, a joyous occasion the company will celebrate by giving some lucky downloader a $10,000 iTunes Gift Card.


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