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Apple passed 1 million apps in the App Store in October 2013. Android passed 1 million apps in Google Play in July 2013.


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Above: the Verge article announcing AppStore hitting a million apps.

Here's the article where Android hit 1 million apps in Google Play:

http://readwrite.com/2013/07/24/google-play-hits-one-million-android-apps

I found that on this Android statistics page:

http://expandedramblings.com/index.php/android-statistics/

AndroidRank says at least 180,000 apps have achieved 10,000 installs:

http://www.androidrank.org/categorystats?category=&price=all&hl=en

There are over fifty Android apps with more than 100 million installs:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_most_downloaded_Android_applications

"As of September 2013, Google Android OS have been installed on 80% of the world smartphones according to industry analysis, and there have been more than 1 billion Android mobile activations."

That said, many apps lose their peak users within 3 months:

Benchmarking the Half-Life and Decay of Mobile Apps

Benchmarking the Half-Life and Decay of Mobile Apps

Fun article from 2009: "Can developers still make money in the AppStore?"

http://blog.flurry.com/bid/18265/Can-Developers-Still-Make-Money-in-the-iPhone-App-Store

Six years into the mobile revolution:

Apps Solidify Leadership Six Years into the Mobile Revolution

Apps Solidify Leadership Six Years into the Mobile Revolution

Apps Solidify Leadership Six Years into the Mobile Revolution

The rise of the mobile addict:

The Rise of the Mobile Addict

The Rise of the Mobile Addict

The Rise of the Mobile Addict

The Rise of the Mobile Addict

It's an app world -- the web just lives in it:

Flurry Five-Year Report: It's an App World. The Web Just Lives in It

Flurry Five-Year Report: It's an App World. The Web Just Lives in It

Flurry Five-Year Report: It's an App World. The Web Just Lives in It

Still, just a few companies have all of the engagement:

The Mobile Content Explosion

The Mobile Content Explosion

The Mobile Content Explosion

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