Android Market Hits 10 Billion Downloads, Games Dominate

Posted by Soulskill on Friday December 9, 2011 @02:34AM from the bored-begets-big-numbers dept.

New submitter sandeepabhat tips news that Android Market recently saw its 10 billionth app download, reaching the milestone less than a year after the App Store accomplished the same feat. New downloads through Android Market are proceeding at a rate of roughly 1 billion per month. Google has now created an infographic to break down the information further. Games outpace any other type of app, accounting for more than a quarter of all downloads. The top five countries in downloads-per-capita are South Korea, Hong Kong, Taiwan, the U.S., and Singapore.

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Re:Pretty old news for being Slashdot by VortexCortex · 2011-12-09 03:06 · Score: 3, Funny

Pretty old news for being Slahdot
Heh, you must be new here...

Slashdot used to be quicker than this.
Oh, never mind, you must be really old here.
Re:Android Mkt Hits 10 Billion DLs, Spyware Domina by wzinc · 2011-12-09 04:23 · Score: 3, Funny

No no, the spyware is already on the phones; you don't have to get it from the store.