Apple: 18 billions apps have been downloaded
Apple says that more than 1 billion apps are downloaded each month.
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Roger Cheng (he/him/his) was the executive editor in charge of CNET News, managing everything from daily breaking news to in-depth investigative packages. Prior to this, he was on the telecommunications beat and wrote for Dow Jones Newswires and The Wall Street Journal for nearly a decade and got his start writing and laying out pages at a local paper in Southern California. He's a devoted Trojan alum and thinks sleep is the perfect -- if unattainable -- hobby for a parent.
Expertise Mobile, 5G, Big Tech, Social Media Credentials
- SABEW Best in Business 2011 Award for Breaking News Coverage, Eddie Award in 2020 for 5G coverage, runner-up National Arts & Entertainment Journalism Award for culture analysis.
Apple said today that 18 billion applications have been downloaded from its App Store.
The company said it sees more than 1 billion app downloads a month. It has paid out more than $3 billion to developers.
Apple has built a growing business with its app store, in which it takes a 30 percent cut of the revenue generated by developers.