WP7 users download 50% more apps than Android users, 40% less than iPhone users

January 11, 2012 | By Surur

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Microsoft has released an infographic about the most successful part of the whole Windows Phone 7 venture, Marketplace.

The graphic confirms that there are more than 50,000 apps in with games by far the most popular category.

It also shows only 1/5 of registered developers, about 13,000 out of 80,000, are releasing apps – getting this unpublished masses on board will likely result in a massive influx of apps.

It also reveals that each Windows Phone 7 user downloaded on average 48 apps in 2011. Interestingly this is much more than the average of around 30 on Android but also significantly less than 83 per user on the iPhone. It is however likely as Marketplace grows Windows Phone 7 numbers will increase to match iOS users rather than drop to low Android levels.

Operator billing is also very popular, with 56% of users using it. It is well known that this function can increase downloads by up to 100%, and is as yet not available on iOS.

Via WindowsTeamBlog

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http://www.facebook.com/people/Atilim-Özdemir/100000771878800 Atilim Özdemir

I’m guessing that the Android numbers are only from the Android market place…But not that it would mater much since the small percentage that uses another market then Android wouldn’t really make allot of difference.

And it isn’t surprising that their are allot of games, but I wish that developers tried to make some more productivity apps. Games are ‘fun’ I get bored with them quick and I think that includes most people
Anonymous

how does this make sense since wp7 doesnt need apps, everything we need is baked into the os ??

http://twitter.com/mrpakiman adam

only in the U.S, i’m annoyed that the bing features won’t work in the uk

http://twitter.com/meandmymom1 meandmymom

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Anonymous

Looks about right. I am one of the majority of registered “developers” that probably wont ever release an app. I just registered so I could unlock my device and sideload a couple of essentials such as ScreenCapture.

Maybe if I could make some time to get into the hang of developing for WP I might have a go at an app, but untill W8 supports the HD Video driver on my Inspiron DUO, I can’t use the emulator

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