Number of Launched Applications
On July 10, 2008, Apple CEO Steve Jobs told USA Today that the App Store contained 500 third-party applications for the iPhone and the iPod Touch, and of these 25 percent were free. These third party applications range from business to game applications, entertainment to educational applications, and many more applications available for free or for sale. On July 11, 2008 the store opened, allowing users to buy applications and transfer them to an iPhone or iPod Touch with the iPhone 2.0 software update, which became available through iTunes on the same day. Ten million applications were downloaded the first weekend.
On January 16, 2009, Apple announced on its website that 500 million applications had been downloaded. The billionth application was downloaded on April 23, 2009. In March 2012, the number of apps downloaded reached 25 billion.
Unlike the apps that come standard on the iPhone, apps downloaded from the App Store can be removed by the user at a future date.
| Date | Available apps | Downloads to date | Average download per app |
|---|---|---|---|
| July 11, 2008 | 500 | 0 | 0 |
| July 14, 2008 | 800 | 10,000,000 | 12,500 |
| September 9, 2008 | 3,000 | 100,000,000 | 18,334 |
| October 22, 2008 | 7,500 | 200,000,000 | 26,667 |
| January 16, 2009 | 15,000 | 500,000,000 | 33,334 |
| March 17, 2009 | 25,000 | 800,000,000 | 32,000 |
| April 23, 2009 | 35,000 | 1,000,000,000 | 28,571 |
| June 8, 2009 | 50,000 | 1,000,000,000+ | ~20,000 |
| July 11, 2009 | 55,000 | 1,000,000,000+ | ~18,182 |
| July 14, 2009 | 65,000 | 1,500,000,000 | 23,077 |
| September 9, 2009 | 75,000 | 1,800,000,000 | 24,000 |
| September 28, 2009 | 85,000 | 2,000,000,000 | 23,529 |
| November 4, 2009 | 100,000 | 2,000,000,000+ | ~20,000 |
| January 5, 2010 | 120,000 | 3,000,000,000+ | ~25,000 |
| March 20, 2010 | 150,000+ | 3,000,000,000+ | ~20,000 |
| April 8, 2010 | 185,000+ | 4,000,000,000+ | ~21,622 |
| April 29, 2010 | 200,000+ | 4,500,000,000+ | ~22,500 |
| June 7, 2010 | 225,000+ | 5,000,000,000+ | ~22,222 |
| September 1, 2010 | 250,000+ | 6,500,000,000+ | ~26,000 |
| October 20, 2010 | 300,000+ | 7,000,000,000 | ~23,334 |
| Jan 22, 2011 | 350,000+ | 10,000,000,000+ | ~28,571 |
| June 6, 2011 | 425,000+ | 14,000,000,000+ | ~32,941 |
| July 7, 2011 | 425,000+ | 15,000,000,000+ | ~35,294 |
| October 4, 2011 | 500,000+ | 18,000,000,000+ | ~36,000 |
| February 28, 2012 | 500,000+ | 24,000,000,000+ | ~40,000 |
| March 3, 2012 | 500,000+ | 25,000,000,000+ | ~50,000 |
| March 5, 2012 | 550,000+ | 25,000,000,000+ | ~45,455 |
| March 7, 2012 | 585,000 | 25,000,000,000+ | ~42,735 |
| June 11, 2012 | 650,000 | 30,000,000,000+ | ~46,154 |
| September 12, 2012 | 700,000+ | 35,000,000,000+ | ~50,000 |
| January 7, 2013 | 775,000+ | 40,000,000,000+ | ~51613 |
| January 28, 2013 | 800,000+ | 40,000,000,000+ | 50,000 |
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