As of January 2023, Apple had paid a total of over 320 billion U.S. dollars to iOS app developers selling goods and services through the App Store. A year ago, the cumulative payout to developers had amounted to 260 billion U.S. dollars.
Cumulative Apple App Store earnings of mobile app developers as of January 2023
(in billion U.S. dollars)
Characteristic
Cumulative developer payout in billion U.S. dollars
Jan '23
320
Jan '22
260
Jan '21
200
Jan '20
155
Jan '19
120
Jun '18
100
Jan '18
86
Jun '17
70
Jan '17
60
Jun '16
50
Jan '16
40
Aug '15
33
Jan '15
25
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Apple. (January 11, 2023). Cumulative Apple App Store earnings of mobile app developers as of January 2023 (in billion U.S. dollars) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved February 19, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/235418/total-apple-app-store-ios-developer-payout/
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Apple. "Cumulative Apple App Store Earnings of Mobile App Developers as of January 2023 (in Billion U.S. Dollars)." Statista, Statista Inc., 11 Jan 2023, https://www.statista.com/statistics/235418/total-apple-app-store-ios-developer-payout/
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Cumulative Apple App Store earnings of mobile app developers as of January 2023 (in billion U.S. dollars) [Graph], Apple, January 11, 2023. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/235418/total-apple-app-store-ios-developer-payout/
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