Apple Announces 3B Apps Downloaded From App Store

Apple announced Tuesday its App Store reached the 3 billion download mark, or one billion downloads since September. The Cupertino, Calif. company passed 2 billion downloads for the iPhone and iPod touch just three months ago.

The new figure means 10.1 million apps per day were downloaded over the last 99 days, reports said. That improves on 6.9 million downloads per day set between April and July, 2009.

“Three billion applications downloaded in less than 18 months — this is like nothing we’ve seen before,” Apple CEO Steve Jobs said. Jobs called the App Store “unlike anything else available on other mobile devices” with “no signs of the competition catching up soon.”

In July, on the App Store’s one-year anniversary, Apple announced more than 1.5 billion downloads. In late 2009, the service had more than 100,000 apps available for iPhone and iPod touch users.

The App Store’s success caught many insiders off-guard, including early investors. Apple would have been happy for only a fraction of the 2 billion downloads reported in October.

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[Via Barrons and AppleInsider]

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Alan
That should be 3B(illion) not 3M(illion)!
Dennis Kovalev
Way to go, Apple.
Simon
Yes, 3B(illion) not 3M(illion)
Simon H
Yeah… I read the title and thought ‘that’s not much!’
mumbles
3M is three thousand. 3MM would be three million.
http://ObamaPacman.com Obama Pacman
At least it’s over 9000!
(Yeah it should be 3 billion)…
Steve
What is with the Roman numerals for Thousand, Million and Billion on this site lately, it is really confusing and this isn’t the first time the debate has sprung up.
Trying to be too smart, and in this case didn’t quite get there, 3M is three thousand. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_numerals
For large numbers (4000 and above), a bar can be placed above a base numeral, or parentheses placed around it, to indicate multiplication by 1000, although the Romans themselves often just wrote out the “M”s
Better just say billion and everyone knows what you mean!
In any case, 3 billion apps (now I know what number it really is), is a good achievement, way to go Apple!
http://www.apple.com Anony
3 dollars?