With 4.49 million apps available for download in app stores, each Chinese internet user on average downloaded 39 apps on their mobile devices. The 15- to 19-year-olds were the most active with each of them downloading 59 apps a month.
There were 4.49 million mobile apps available in China's app stores as of December 2018.
Android users could choose from 2.68 million apps in domestic third-party app stores as of December 2018. That was around 59.7% of the total. Apple's iOS App Store had 1.81 million apps available in China.
30.7% mobile apps in Chinese market were gaming apps (1.38 million), 12.1% were lifestyles services apps (542 thousand), and 9.4% were e-commerce apps (421 thousand).
Among mobile phone users, the 15- to 19-year-olds were the most active in downloading apps. On average, each of them downloaded 59 apps in November 2018. After the age of 20, the elder the fewer apps downloaded. On average, the 20-29-year-olds each downloaded 45 apps an...
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