Tablet users will help shape the future mobile app market

Between 2010 and 2011 the global installed base of app consumers increased by 104%. While the installed base of smartphones increased by nearly 274 million, tablets were the fastest growing segment. The number of new tablet app consumers increased by 58 million. As a result, tablet owners now constitute 8.6% of the installed app consumer base. Global installed… [read more]

With 50 full catalog app stores, the market has reached its limit. Consolidation has begun.

Over the last 3 years most MNOs and OEMs were aiming to provide app stores with a full range of native apps – some players even ran more than one store at the same time. 2010 was a watershed year for app store openings, only a few of those new entrants, however, have since managed to attract enough… [read more]

US$ 1.3 billion: The market for mHealth applications in 2012

2011 already showed significant growth for the mHealth app market. In 2012 the market size will nearly double. The smartphone application market for mobile healthcare will reach US$ 1.3 billion in 2012 – up from US$ 718 million in 2011. Despite this substantial growth, the mHealth market is still in an embryonic state – especially in comparison to… [read more]

The market for mHealth application reached $US 718 million in 2011

2011 was the first year of substantial business in the market for mobile health services delivered via smartphone applications. Since our first mHealth report was published last year, the growth in this market has greatly accelerated. The main drivers for this growth have been the increase in the smartphone user base on the demand side, and the doubling… [read more]

The market for mobile app development services reached $US 20.5 billion in 2011

The development service market today is almost 3 times of the size of the application download market. The market for mobile application development services, including application creation, management, distribution and extension services, has reached $US 20.5 billion in 2011. App development services became a mass market that has surpassed the app content market by a factor of 3…. [read more]

The app store landscape is moving towards segmentation and niche stores

The market for app stores is shifting – as the market for general, first-tier app stores is solidifying, niche stores are increasing, offering customers and publishers new opportunities. These findings are taken from the new market research report “Smartphone App Market Monitor Vol.4”. Just like first-tier stores, niche stores have existed in the market since the early 2000s,… [read more]

Most mobile app downloads per user not in US but in Sweden

With 3.49 billion total downloads as of September 2011, the US is still the largest market, holding more than 50% of the total app download market share, but not the most active market and not the one with the highest potential. Download our free Android Market Insights Vol. 7. The United States remains one of the largest markets,… [read more]

Android Market reaches half a million successful submissions

37% of published apps have been removed from the Android Market. Download our free Android Market Insights Vol. 6. Over the past few months, the Android Market has been maintaining an exponential growth, but is still lagging behind the app store market leader, Apple. In Q3 of 2011, the number of active mobile applications in the Android Market stood… [read more]