Charting the growth of the iPhone App Store since its launch in July 2008 is to watch a market explode. In just a few short years, the App Store has transformed how interact with mobile devices and built many successful businesses. Below is a list of the total number of apps available in the App Store at given dates in the past. The list is based on Apple announcements and numbers are approximate:
Jan. 2013 - 775,000 (300,000 native to iPad)
Sept. 2012 - 700,000 (250,000 native to iPad)
June 2012 - 650,000 (225,000 native to iPad)
April 2012 - 600,000 (200,000 native to iPad
Oct. 2011 - 500,000 (140,000 native to iPad)
July 2011 - 100,000 native to iPad
June 2011 - 425,000 (90,000 native to iPad)
March 2011 - 350,000 (65,000 native to iPad)
Nov. 2010 - 400,000 (40,000 native to iPad)
Sept. 2010 - 250,000 (25,000 native to iPad)
June 2010 - 225,000 (8,500 native to iPad)
May 2010 - 200,000 (5,000 native to iPad)
April 2010 - 185,000
Jan. 2010 - 140,000
Nov. 2009 - 100,000
Sept. 2009 - 85,000
July 2009 - 65,000
June 2009 - 50,000
April 2009 - 35,000
March 2009 - 25,000
Sept. 2008 - 3,000
July 2008 - 800
