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Apple Announces App Store Sales Topped $10 Billion in 2013, $1 Billion In December Alone

Apple Announces App Store Sales Topped $10 Billion in 2013, $1 Billion In December Alone

Posted January 7, 2014 at 2:45pm by iClarified
App Store sales in 2013 topped $10 Billion, Apple claimed Tuesday in a press release. The company said that sales exceeded $1 Billion in the month of December alone, while downloading 3 billion apps in the same month -- both record-breaking figures

“We’d like to thank our customers for making 2013 the best year ever for the App Store,” said Eddy Cue, Apple’s senior vice president of Internet Software and Services. “The lineup of apps for the holiday season was astonishing and we look forward to seeing what developers create in 2014.”

With the introduction of iOS 7, developers were able to create stunning apps that took advantage of the redesigned user interface and the more than 200 new features and APIs. Developers such as Evernote, Yahoo!, AirBnB, OpenTable, Tumblr, Pinterest and American Airlines re-imagined the user experience, bringing content to the forefront while increasing the overall efficiency and performance of their apps.


2013 saw surprise hits like Ellen DeGeneres’ Heads Up, ProtoGeo’s Moves, Simon Filip’s Afterlight and Kevin Ng’s Impossible Road. Many of the year’s biggest successes like Candy Crush Saga, Puzzles & Dragons, Minecraft, QuizUp and Clumsy Ninja were created by international developers, while Duolingo (United States), Simogo (Sweden), Frogmind (UK), Plain Vanilla Corp (Iceland), Atypical Games (Romania), Lemonista (China), BASE (Japan) and Savage Interactive (Australia) emerged as developers to watch in 2014.

The revolutionary App Store offers more than one million apps to iPhone, iPad and iPod touch users in 155 countries around the world, with more than 500,000 native iPad apps available. App Store customers can choose from an incredible range of apps in 24 categories, including newspapers and magazines offered in Newsstand, games, business, news, sports, health & fitness, travel and kids.


In total, Developers have earned $15 Billion from the App Store, on both OS X and iOS.

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Apple Announces App Store Sales Topped $10 Billion in 2013, $1 Billion In December Alone
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Octopcis
Octopcis - January 7, 2014 at 6:38pm
I bought lots of apps from appstore. But seeing all these little teenagers begging for iphones, i bet half billion from december sales were stolen from their parent's credit cards. Tsk tsk
gamerscul9870
gamerscul9870 - January 7, 2014 at 9:03pm
Doubt it, required pass ode to sign in before downloading.
gamerscul9870
gamerscul9870 - January 7, 2014 at 5:11pm
Invincible store.
BA
BA - January 7, 2014 at 3:30pm
Wow that's a load of cash
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