All the statistics on developer earnings and the number of downloads from the App Store is a way of assessing the performance of the app store. Apple always dedicates part of its keynote to providing data and statistics to show that your method works and that everyone their services are as profitable as they seem.
In an interview with a German media, the vice president of Apple Music, Oliver Schusser, announced that since the opening of the App Store in July 2008, more than $ 25 billion in revenue for European developers. In addition, it has offered a series of data that we break down after the jump.
European developers and the App Store: real data
Oliver Schusser holds the position of Vice President of Apple Music, but also the Vice President of international content. Its mission is to ensure that all services in the Big Apple reach everyone. Thanks to an interview offered by a medium alemán we have been able to know real facts about European developers and much of Apple's services.
The most relevant data was that European developers have shared nothing more and nothing less than more than $ 25 billion in profits since the launch of the App Store in 2008. This means that the revenue from applications and other content is distributed by all content creators, based on the number of downloads. This data also includes the in-app purchases.
Schusser also took the opportunity to offer interesting facts about Apple Music and other types of Apple services:
- The global App Store has reached 120 billion revenue
- Apple Music has 50 million active users around the world in just 4 years of existence
- Apple Music the # 1 streaming service in the United States and the most used service on iPhones worldwide
- Great artists have offered exclusive content on Apple's streaming music service such as Nicki Minaj or Frank Ocean
- More than 50 billion Podcasts have been played and there are more than 650.000 active programs within this section