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the App Store

228 articles accelerating

the App Store has appeared in 228 articles since 2015-01. Coverage peaked in 2025Q2 with 11 articles. Frequently mentioned alongside Apple, App Store, iPhone, Google.

Articles
228
mentions
Velocity
+250.0%
growth rate
Acceleration
+3.318
velocity change
Sources
59
publications

Coverage Timeline

2025-12-19
9to5Mac 13 related

Apple says it will roll out more App Store ads in 2026 “to increase opportunity in search results”; Apple's website says 800M+ users visit the App Store weekly

Reach users the moment they're searching for apps  —  to download Paul Hill / Neowin : New iPhone App Store ad slots could push organic search results down Rajat Saini / The Mac Observer : Apple Plans...

2025-11-29
Reuters 19 related

The EC says it got notification from Apple that Apple Ads and Apple Maps likely meet DMA thresholds; Apple says the services should not be called “gatekeepers”

EU To Decide On Gatekeeper Label Bluesky: @gateklons : 🤔🤔🤔  —  If the past is any indication, I think Apple succeeds with the rebuttal on both, at least for now.  Ads may be a bit more important given...

2025-11-06
Engadget 7 related

Foursquare co-founder Dennis Crowley's new startup Hopscotch Labs debuts BeeBot, which combines AI, audio, and location-based social features, on the App Store

BeeBot is an “app for AirPods” that combines AI, audio and location-based social features.  —  Foursquare founder Dennis Crowley …

2025-11-04
9to5Mac 34 related

Apple refreshes the web version of the App Store, letting users view and search for apps for the iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple TV, Apple Watch, and Apple Vision Pro

Apple Issues Critical Update For 1 Billion iPhones Jason Cross / Macworld : Apple brings the App Store to the web Appleosophy : Apple launches new App Store for the web Brad Bennett / MobileSyrup : Ap...

2025-10-12
MacRumors 17 related

Apple discontinues Clips, a video editing app it launched in 2017, removing it from the App Store for new users, and says Clips will no longer be updated

Apple has essentially discontinued Clips, its video-editing app designed to allow users to combine video clips, images …

2025-10-09
404 Media 12 related

Apple removes Eyes Up, which simply archives videos of ICE abuses, from the App Store; unlike ICEBlock, Eyes Up doesn't share ICE officers' real-time locations

and it's not masked agents of ICE www.404media.co/apple-banned... Benn Jordan / @bennjordan : Your smartphone manufacturer doesn't think you deserve 1st or 4th amendment rights.  —  www.404media.co/ap...

2025-10-04
Fox Business 92 related

Apple removes ICEBlock, an app for anonymously reporting ICE officer sightings, from the App Store; AG Pam Bondi directed the DOJ to ask Apple to remove the app

Here's What We Know ABC Columbia : Apple removes ICE tracking apps Joe Sommerlad / The Independent : Apple pulls ICE tracking apps after pressure from the White House thesun.my : Apple pulls immigrati...

2025-08-26
Reuters 57 related

xAI sues Apple and OpenAI, alleging their deal to integrate ChatGPT into Apple's OSes stifles competition and that Apple favors OpenAI in its App Store rankings

in their great past. @elonmusk is right to do this. [image] Bluesky: Casey Newton / @caseynewton : Can Musk sue his way to the top of the App Store?  I asked Stanford Law Prof. @marklemley.bsky.social...

2025-08-13
Reuters 42 related

Elon Musk says that Apple “makes it impossible for any AI company besides OpenAI” to top its App Store, an “antitrust violation”, and xAI will take legal action

This is a column about AI.  My boyfriend works at Anthropic. Becca Monaghan / indy100 : Elon Musk has dropped the Trump feud for now - he's falling out with another CEO instead Forbes : Elon Musk Says...

2025-06-28
9to5Mac 22 related

Apple overhauls EU App Store to comply with DMA: developers can push offers and alt payments, and the Core Technology Fee will be swapped for tiered commission

• developers can now link to promotions beyond their website without limits on URLs or UI  —  • users can now opt out of seeing the “scare sheet” that warns users about purchasing items outside the Ap...

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Quarterly Coverage

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the App Store has appeared in 270 Techmeme articles since January 2015. The biggest stories include DeepSeek's iOS app tops the App Store's Top Free Apps chart in the US, beating ChatGPT,... and Apple removes ICEBlock, an app for anonymously reporting ICE officer sightings, from the.... Frequently covered alongside Apple, App Store, iPhone, Epic, and Google. Coverage has shifted toward developer, funding themes and away from regulation.

Key Moments

2024Q2developer +10pts; research -11pts
2024Q3enterprise +20pts; developer -10pts; regulation -10pts
2024Q4enterprise +13pts; developer +33pts

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