Apple App Store tops 40 billion downloads

Apple has announced that customers have downloaded over 40 billion apps, with nearly 20 billion downloaded in 2012 alone. This is a measure of unique downloads excluding re-downloads and updates.

The App Store has over 500 million active accounts and had a record-breaking December in 2012 with over two billion downloads during the month.

Apple’s developer community has created over 775,000 apps for iPhone, iPad and iPod touch users worldwide, and developers have been paid over seven billion dollars by Apple.

In 2012, the husband and wife team at Imangi Studios saw their game Temple Run downloaded more than 75 million times.

Backflip Studios and Supercell, two emerging game development studios, brought in over $100 million combined for their leading freemium titles DragonVale and Clash of Clans.

Emerging services including Uber, Flipboard, HotelTonight, and AirBnB attracted millions of users on iOS.

Companies including Electronic Arts, Ubisoft, Autodesk, Marvel, and Major League Baseball continued to expand their iOS offerings, while developers like JJ Abrams’ Bad Robot Interactive and Bottle Rocket Apps continued to push the boundaries of what iOS apps can do.

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