Thursday, May 26, 2011

News apps make up only 3% of all offerings in Apple’s App Store

Poynter reporting:
Apps in the “news” category account for only 3 percent of all apps available in the iTunes Store, according to third-party research as Apple approved its 500,000th app this week. The largest categories are games (15 percent), books (14 percent) and entertainment (11 percent). News was 12th out of 20 categories. Also, pricing data show that 36 percent of apps are free, while 29 percent cost 99 cents and 13 percent cost $1.99. The other 22 percent are more expensive. The average app price: $3.64.
http://www.poynter.org/latest-news/romenesko/133674/news-apps-make-up-only-3-of-all-offerings-in-apples-app-store

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