In 2022, entertainment apps were the app category requiring the highest number of median downloads daily from users in the United States to rank in the top 10 apps in the Google Play Store. In 2022 YTD, the number of downloads needed was approximately 17,500 per day, up by two percent compared to the previous year. In comparison, Android communication apps distributed on the Google Play Store needed approximately eight thousand downloads to rank in the first 10 positions in 2021, while this number increased to a media of 8,700 daily downloads needed.
Median number of daily downloads needed for Android apps and mobile games in the United States to reach the leading 10 positions in the Google Play Store from 2021 to 2022 (in 1,000s), by category
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Sensor Tower, & DIW. (June 3, 2022). Median number of daily downloads needed for Android apps and mobile games in the United States to reach the leading 10 positions in the Google Play Store from 2021 to 2022 (in 1,000s), by category [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved January 04, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1317845/us-downloads-needed-rank-first-10-positions-android-apps-by-category/
Sensor Tower, und DIW. "Median number of daily downloads needed for Android apps and mobile games in the United States to reach the leading 10 positions in the Google Play Store from 2021 to 2022 (in 1,000s), by category." Chart. June 3, 2022. Statista. Accessed January 04, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1317845/us-downloads-needed-rank-first-10-positions-android-apps-by-category/
Sensor Tower, DIW. (2022). Median number of daily downloads needed for Android apps and mobile games in the United States to reach the leading 10 positions in the Google Play Store from 2021 to 2022 (in 1,000s), by category. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: January 04, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1317845/us-downloads-needed-rank-first-10-positions-android-apps-by-category/
Sensor Tower, and DIW. "Median Number of Daily Downloads Needed for Android Apps and Mobile Games in The United States to Reach The Leading 10 Positions in The Google Play Store from 2021 to 2022 (in 1,000s), by Category." Statista, Statista Inc., 3 Jun 2022, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1317845/us-downloads-needed-rank-first-10-positions-android-apps-by-category/
Sensor Tower & DIW, Median number of daily downloads needed for Android apps and mobile games in the United States to reach the leading 10 positions in the Google Play Store from 2021 to 2022 (in 1,000s), by category Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1317845/us-downloads-needed-rank-first-10-positions-android-apps-by-category/ (last visited January 04, 2025)
Median number of daily downloads needed for Android apps and mobile games in the United States to reach the leading 10 positions in the Google Play Store from 2021 to 2022 (in 1,000s), by category [Graph], Sensor Tower, & DIW, June 3, 2022. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1317845/us-downloads-needed-rank-first-10-positions-android-apps-by-category/
