Report: 185 Billion Mobile Apps To Be Downloaded By 2014

According to Gartner, the global mobile app store downloads are estimated to reach 17.7 billion downloads in 2011, representing a 117 percent increase from 8.2 billion downloads in 2010. Gartner further predicts that by the end of 2014, as many as 185 billion apps would have been downloaded from mobile app stores - ever since the first mobile app store was launched in July 2008.

According to Gartner, the global mobile app store downloads are estimated to reach 17.7 billion downloads in 2011, representing a 117 percent increase from 8.2 billion downloads in 2010. Gartner further predicts that by the end of 2014, as many as 185 billion apps would have been downloaded from mobile app stores – ever since the first mobile app store was launched in July 2008.

Stephanie Baghdassarian, research director at Gartner thinks that although there is a huge opportunity in this space, apps would have to become more superior in functionality and user experience.

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