Google Play Store: update frequency for highest-ranking apps 2022, by category

Published by Laura Ceci, May 2, 2023
As of February 2022, the first Android apps appearing to users on the Google Play Store results page were updated on average every 58 days. Social media apps presented the most frequent updates on average, with a median update date of 13 days, and an average update frequency of 54 days. By comparison, finance apps had a median and an average of 55 days for new releases, respectively.

Number of days since the highest-ranking mobile apps in the Google Play Store were last updated worldwide as of February 2022, by category

App categoryMedian days since last update for apps in the first 10 positionsAverage days since last update for apps in the first 10 positions
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February 2022

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data is based on the 10 highest-ranking apps within their category, wider industry metrics may vary

Supplementary notes

App position refers to the location of a specific app in the ranking of the Google Play Store results page, after a prompted research for apps in six specific categories: finance, food and drink, games, health and fitness, social networking, and shopping.

According to the source, data concerns the 10 highest-ranking apps within their category.

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