Android, iOS Downloads Finally Break The 1 Billion Per Week Barrier Over The Holidays

2011 ended with a historic first for app developers — downloads surpassed the one billion per week mark for the first time as consumers installed more than 1.2 billion Android and iOS apps over the holidays.

The week between December 25 and 31, defined by analytics company Flurry as “holiday power week,” is the busiest time of the year for app downloads. During this year’s holiday power week, iOS and Android app downloads increased by more than 60 percent over the pre-holiday average of approximately 750 million downloads per week. 

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