Abandoned mobile apps count 2022

Published by Laura Ceci, Mar 17, 2023
As of the fourth quarter of 2022, there were around 1.9 million apps across the Google Play and Apple App Store that had not been updated within the past two years. This represents an increase from the first quarter of the year, when 'abandoned' apps were approximately 1.7 million.

Number of mobile apps that have not been updated recently from 1st quarter 2022 to 4th quarter 2022 (in millions)

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Release date

February 2023

Region

Worldwide

Survey time period

Q1 2022 to Q4 022

Supplementary notes

Based on the analysis of five million apps across the Google Play Store and Apple App Store.

According to the source: abandoned apps are defined as apps that "haven’t been updated in over two years."

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