Appfigures: daily downloads of major VPN apps in India rose 49% on June 16 after India announced its Telegram ban; Proton and Turbo recorded largest increases
As India cut off access to messaging app Telegram for a week over concerns about exam-related fraud, users turned to virtual private networks …
Appfigures: app releases across the App Store and Google Play grew 60% YoY in Q1, with App Store releases alone up 80%, possibly driven by AI coding tools
Everyone said AI would kill apps. Instead, new app launches are soaring. — According to a new analysis from market intelligence …
Appfigures: app releases across the App Store and Google Play grew 60% YoY in Q1, with App Store releases alone up 80%, possibly driven by AI coding tools
Everyone said AI would kill apps. Instead, new app launches are soaring. — According to a new analysis from market intelligence …
Appfigures: Sora's app downloads dropped 32% month-over-month in December and 45% in January to 1.2M; consumer spending on the app fell 32% MoM as of January
Appfigures: Sora's app downloads dropped 32% month-over-month in December and 45% in January to 1.2M; consumer spending on the app fell 32% MoM as of January
After rapidly hitting the top of the App Store in October, OpenAI's video-generation app Sora is now struggling.
Appfigures: Sora 2 had ~6M iOS downloads as of December 2025; the Android version, available since early November 2025, had ~3.1M, as growth begins to slow
Appfigures: Sora 2 had ~6M iOS downloads as of December 2025; the Android version, available since early November 2025, had ~3.1M, as growth begins to slow
The app racked up 1 million downloads in its first five days, despite being iOS-only and requiring an invite.
Appfigures: global consumer mobile app spending on Apple's App Store and Google Play rose 21.6% YoY to $155.8B in 2025, but app downloads dropped 2.7% to 106.9B
The subscription economy helped boost mobile app revenues in 2025, even as app downloads declined for the fifth consecutive year …
Marques Brownlee plans to shut down wallpaper app Panels on December 31; Appfigures: Panels reached 900K downloads and users spent $95K since its 2024 launch
Hey everyone, It's been over a year since we launched Panels. Marques Brownlee / Marques Brownlee on YouTube : Panels update Chandan Pandit / Android Headlines : MKBHD Announces Panels App Shutting Do...