App Store sales topped $10 billion across 2013

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The App Store made $10 billion in sales last year, with December alone providing over $1 billion and a record-breaking amount of app downloads. iOS users racked up "almost" 3 billion downloads last month, helping to take App Store developers' earnings to date up to a whopping $15 billion.

Given that earnings figure was around the $7 billion mark at the end of 2012, that would suggest Apple Senior VP Eddy Cue isn't exaggerating when he calls 2013 "the best year ever for the App Store." As for what kind of apps are taking the most advantage of that success, it's games, games, and more games.

As we learned last month, Candy Crush Saga was the most downloaded free app of 2013, while Minecraft: Pocket Edition was the year's best-selling paid app. Revealingly, Candy Crush Saga was the sweetest of all for gross revenue, with Minecraft: Pocket Edition down (relatively) in 11th.

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Source: http://www.joystiq.com/2014/01/08/app-store-sales-topped-10-billion-across-2013/

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HovaPosted:

$10 billion is surely something to celebrate! The quality of the application on the App Store has surely been a demarcating factor and games definitely bringing in a large portion of the revenue.

gmlukensPosted:

That's a hell of a lot of money

WavelengthPosted:

Suddenly Idk why people are buying alot of their products.
They get so hype just cause a few little features have been added.


I don't get it either. They are way overpriced and yet people still buy their products.

nostrilPosted:

Idk why people are buying alot of their products.
They get so hype just cause a few little features have been added.

DongPosted:

Can't live without my apps!

sotaPosted:

10 billion is just a crazy amount. Thats a ton of money and sales.

IntPosted:

I have never spent any money on Apple products either, hate apple..

IntPosted:

Wow 10 Billion.... that is an insane amount of money wish i had 1 million let alone this sort of money/.

DissPosted:

CHP insane, i wonder what % went to apple and what went to creators


I believe it's somewhere around 70% to the creators from the ad revenue and 30% to Apple, which is a lot of money for both parties.

NJH-CVPosted:

I really don't even spend money on the appstore. Its just free apps for me and that's it.


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