Apple App Store exceeds 40 billion downloads, houses 775,000 apps in total
The Apple App Store exceeded 40 billion downloads in total, with nearly 20 billion coming in 2012, read a press release from Apple.
December in particular was a record-breaking month in terms of app downloads, with more than two billion apps downloaded during the month.
Apple added that DragonVale developer Backflip Studios and Supercell, developer of Clash of Clans and HayDay, raked in a combined $100 million for their freemium titles DragonVale and Clash of Clans.
“It has been an incredible year for the iOS developer community,” said Eddy Cue, Apple’s senior vice president of Internet Software and Services, in a statement.
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