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Global App Usage Still Rising, and Users in the US Spend 135 Minutes a Day in Them (geekwire.com)
An anonymous reader shares a report: There's a reason that everyone you look at it is looking at a smartphone. According to the folks whose job it is to track such things, people can't get enough of apps, and global usage of them continues to increase. In its latest usage report, App Annie takes a look at the average user's app usage for the first quarter of 2017 and reaches the conclusion that mobile apps have become vital to our day-to-day lives. Last year's report found that time spent in apps reached 1 trillion hours. The average smartphone user, in the United States and other countries analyzed, used over 30 apps per month. That's about a third of the number that are actually installed on phones in the U.S. People use about 10 apps every day, the data shows, with iPhone users using slightly more than Android users. Utilities and tools are the most commonly used apps on a monthly basis, thanks to pre-installed apps such as Safari on iOS and Google on Android.
Appy appers know that apps.... ah, fuck it.
That sounds about right. I split my time between the Kindle App on the iPhone when I ride the express bus to and fro work, and a Kindle when I read in bed.
I also use plenty of userspace programs on automatic data processing machines during the day.
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Report source is appannie, which is a app marketing company. It'll very unlikely they'll say something different (like the few months ago report saying the average user install less then one new app by month).