This statistic illustrates the distribution of worldwide Apple App Store app installs as of May 2017, sorted by source. A total of 69 percent of non-gaming app installs came from searches. Search accounted for 56 percent of gaming app installs.
Distribution of worldwide Apple App Store app installs as of May 2017, by source
Characteristic
Games
Non-games
Browse
24%
9%
Search
56%
69%
Web referral
3%
9%
App referral
17%
12%
Unknown
1%
1%
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Sensor Tower. (May 14, 2018). Distribution of worldwide Apple App Store app installs as of May 2017, by source [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved April 30, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/873074/global-apple-app-store-app-installs-source/
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Sensor Tower. (2018). Distribution of worldwide Apple App Store app installs as of May 2017, by source. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: April 30, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/873074/global-apple-app-store-app-installs-source/
Sensor Tower. "Distribution of Worldwide Apple App Store App Installs as of May 2017, by Source." Statista, Statista Inc., 14 May 2018, https://www.statista.com/statistics/873074/global-apple-app-store-app-installs-source/
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Distribution of worldwide Apple App Store app installs as of May 2017, by source [Graph], Sensor Tower, May 14, 2018. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/873074/global-apple-app-store-app-installs-source/
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