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July 15, 2021

Top 5 Android vs. iOS Mobile App Categories Worldwide, Ranked by App Store Downloads, Q2 2020 & Q2 2021 (billions)

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Data is from a July 2021 Sensor Tower report titled "Store Intelligence Data Digest: Q2 2021." Worldwide activity on the Apple App Store and Google Play during April 1-June 30, 2021 was analyzed using Sensor Tower's Store Intelligence platform. Third-party Android stores were excluded. Only one download per account is counted toward download totals. Downloads of the same app by the same user to multiple devices and reinstalls of the same app by the same user are excluded. Sensor Tower is a mobile app analytics platform.

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Top 5 Android vs. iOS Mobile App Categories Worldwide, Ranked by App Store Downloads, Q2 2020 & Q2 2021 (billions)

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July 15, 2021

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Sensor Tower

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Apple will let some subscription-based apps bypass App Store payments, disrupting its commission-based profit
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