Google has announced that its Android Market, the online app store launched in the fall of 2008, had topped 10 billion downloads, and was growing at a rate of 1 billion downloads a month.
It is estimated that Google’s Android OS was responsible for 44 percent of all mobile app downloads comparing to 31 percent on Apple’s iOS platform. Over 550,000 Android phones are activated every day and as a blow to Apple which created the first widely successful mobile app market.
After reaching 10 billion downloads Google's Eric Chu wrote on the Android blog. "This past weekend, thanks to Android users around the world, Android Market exceeded 10 billion app downloads – with a growth rate of one billion app downloads per month. We can’t wait to see where this accelerating growth takes us in 2012." And also said "One billion downloads a month is a pretty big number by any measurement. However, when it’s describing the speed at which something is growing, it’s simply amazing."
The Android Market did not pass the 1 billion download mark until July 2010 but growth has been particularly robust this year, going from 3 billion in March to 10 billion now. In other words, if Apple's App Store has accumulated downloads at a slow and steady rate, Google's Android Market has barreled to its current peak, at hundreds of new downloads per hour.
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