In the last quarter of 2024, Chinese consumers had an average of 75 apps installed on their smartphones. Apart from instant messengers, short video and online video apps were other popular app categories, accounting for about a third percent of the total app usage time.
Average number of apps installed by mobile users in China from 1st quarter 2021 to 4th quarter 2024
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According to the source, the figures were based on the data collected by the MoonFox iApp database. The source has not released the figure for Q3 2024.
Figures for earlier quarters have been taken from previous publications.
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