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Submitted Android Market apps reach 500 thousand, but denial rate is 37%

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By Daniel Petrov

Published: Oct 24, 2011, 4:07 AM

Submitted Android Market apps reach 500 thousand, but denial rate is 37%

According to research2guidance, Android Market has passed the 500 000 apps submitted milestone last month, trailing only the App Store with its 600 000 submission.

Google's Android Market, however, has a much higher percentage of apps removed over time, compared with iOS and Windows Marketplace, which has the lowest removal rating. This is due to the fact that Android Market developers are much more prone to submitting trials, demos and other fluff that is gumming up the process and requires extra efforts to clean up:

The actual total number of applications published on the Android Market leapt to over 500,000 in September 2011. In the meantime, the Apple App Store stands at just over 600,000 successful submissions: just 20% more. But over 37% of the applications published were later removed from the Android Market for various reasons, whereas the Apple App Store has removed just 24% of published apps in comparison, as of the end of September.

Other interesting tidbits from the report include that Android currently has over 320 000 active apps to choose from, while September alone saw the record-breaking 42 000 new applications. Android Market also holds the record of the fastest growing app store, and most submissions per developer - 4.38 on average.

source: research2guidance via BGR

Android Market reaches half a million successful submissions

37% of published apps have been removed from the Android Market.

Although Apple regularly cleans up its store from inappropriate or outdated content, its active application share still exceeds that of Android. It is likely that the more rigid application submission requirements prevent developers from publishing multiple trial or low quality applications whereas publishers in the Android Market place a lot of market testing, trials, demo and malware content. Over 78% of the apps removed from the Android Market were free, which could mean that publishers put more effort into the applications they place with the pay-per-download business model, thus ensuring that it is kept longer in store.

The share of deactivated apps in the WP7 Marketplace today stands at just 13%. However WP7 Marketplace is a comparably young store and many publishers are still exploring its potential. Fifteen months after its launch (comparable to the WP7 store now), the Android Market similarly had 86% of its apps active and a significant application store clean-up didn’t get started until the end of 2010.

Android developers are significantly more productive than Apple’s. The average publisher on Android has placed more than 6 applications in the Market since launch, compared to just over 4 apps on average that have been published by iOS developers.

Over the past few months, the Android Market has been maintaining an exponential growth, but is still lagging behind the app store market leader, Apple. In Q3 of 2011, the number of active mobile applications in the Android Market stood at 319,161 compared to 459,589 in Apple App store.

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Daniel, a devoted tech writer at PhoneArena from 2010 to 2025, has been engrossed in mobile technology since the Windows Mobile era. His expertise spans mobile hardware, software, and carrier networks, and he's keenly interested in the future of digital health, car connectivity, and 5G. Beyond his professional pursuits, Daniel finds balance in travel, reading, and exploring new tech innovations, while contemplating the ethical and privacy implications of our digital future.

Submitted Android Market apps reach 500 thousand, but denial rate is 37%

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