Google Play: number of available apps as of Q2 2024

Published by Laura Ceci, Sep 23, 2024

During the second quarter of 2024, over 2.26 million mobile apps were available on the Google Play Store, down by 18 percent compared to the previous quarter. Between the beginning of 2019 and the end of 2021, the number of mobile apps available to Android users via the Google Play Store experienced a constant increase, reaching 4.67 million apps during the last quarter of 2021. However, after 2022, the number of apps available in the Google Play Store fluctuated.

Number of available apps in the Google Play Store from 2nd quarter 2015 to 2nd quarter 2024

CharacteristicNumber of available apps
Q2 '24 2,261,093
Q1 '24 2,772,587
Q4 '23 3,386,848
Q3 '23 3,644,993
Q2 '23 3,685,421
Q1 '23 3,681,162
Q4 '22 3,706,887
Q3 '22 3,553,050
Q2 '22 3,507,688
Q1 '22 3,298,329
Q4 '21 4,677,402
Q3 '21 4,229,856
Q2 '21 3,854,805
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