Apple today announced that over 15 billion apps have now been downloaded from its App Store by more than 200 million iOS device users worldwide.
“In just three years, the revolutionary App Store has grown to become the most exciting and successful software marketplace the world has ever seen,” said Philip Schiller, Apple’s senior vice president of Worldwide Product Marketing. “Thank you to all of our amazing developers who have filled it with over 425,000 of the coolest apps and to our over 200 million iOS users for surpassing 15 billion downloads.”
The App Store now offers more than 425,000 apps, including more than 100,000 native iPad apps, to consumers in 90 countries. It launched in July 2008 and took about a year to top the first billion download mark. This latest five billion took about six months – Apple reached 10 billion downloads in January 2011.