According to new reports from Juniper Research and the Cinema Blend news site, the mobile app market will grow to 160 billion downloads in 2017. The forecast for 2013 – 80 billion – already indicates a noticeable annual increase.
“The Future of app Stores: Findability, monetization and assessment of the situation for 2013-2018” is a detailed overview of the mobile application market, among which Juniper Research specialists distinguish eight categories.
The report also talks about new discovery tools (app discovery tools), which allow you to increase the number of downloads and attract attention to the application. For example, the new service of the Google Play Game Services gaming platform makes it possible for free applications to rise in the ranking above paid ones – thereby stimulating their download.
According to the study, the mobile app market is constantly growing. Unlike other gaming platforms, mobile applications and downloads have no technical limitations, which certainly appeals to casual users. There is definitely no slowdown in the industry.You can access the full results of the study here.
Source: insidemobileapps.com