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Count of active applications in the App Store

Total Active App (currently available for download): 4,839,864

Total Inactive Apps (no longer available for download): 213,765

Total Apps Seen in US App Store: 5,053,629

Number of Active Publishers in the US App Store: 1,410,366

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Most Popular Categories

  1. Games (1,018,448 active)
  2. Business (486,683 active)
  3. Education (419,635 active)
  4. Lifestyle (414,176 active)
  5. Utilities (310,837 active)
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Does the quality of a game trump the quantity of games? MORE OR FEWER Feb 25th, 2015

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