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Android Market hits 20,000 apps mark
Ben Woods
The number of apps on the Android Marketplace has now hit an impressive 20,000
AndroiLib's chart tracking all the apps on the Android Markeplace
Published on Dec 16, 2009
The Android app store is picking up pace, and is now adding more to its catalogue each month than ever before.
The figure of 20,000 applications isn't actually official – Google's a bit shy about disclosing exactly how many apps are on the store – but thankfully, AndroLib has been keeping its eye on every addition since day one.
Delving into the numbers a little reveals that of all the apps, more than half are free; in fact 62 per cent of the catalogue is free the remaining 38 per cent are paid-for apps.
The expansion of the Android Marketplace is clearly picking up pace, with the last 10,000 apps taking less than 5-months to join the fray and reportedly more new apps this month already than in the whole of July this year.
Whilst it may pale a little in comparison to the might of the well-established iTunes App Store the achievement of hitting the 20,000 app milestone is not to be sniffed at and is a great indicator of the support that is growing so quickly for the Android platform as a whole.
