As of February 16, 2025, over 90 percent of app publishers in Hong Kong have adopted user permissions to access internet and network information. 84 percent of app publishers have also used the permission to prevent the phone they are running on from going into sleep mode.
Leading Android app permissions employed by app publishers from Hong Kong as of February 16, 2025
Characteristic
Share of apps
Internet access
95%
Network information access
93%
Phone sleep mode prevention
84%
Write external storage
73%
Install referrer
69%
Read external storage
67%
Install Referrer
65%
WIFI information access
63%
Vibration
60%
Start at boot time
54%
Created with Highcharts 7.2.2Share of apps95%95%93%93%84%84%73%73%69%69%67%67%65%65%63%63%60%60%54%54%Internet accessNetwork information accessPhone sleep mode preventionWrite external storageInstall referrerRead external storageInstall ReferrerWIFI information accessVibrationStart at boot time
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42matters. (February 16, 2025). Leading Android app permissions employed by app publishers from Hong Kong as of February 16, 2025 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved April 21, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1293250/hong-kong-most-used-permissions-by-android-app-publishers/
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