Chocolate Lab Research: 49,270 Downloads Are Needed to Reach the Top 25 Games in the USA in December 2013
(PRWEB) December 23, 2013 -- Chocolate Lab Apps has today released estimated daily download figures for the Apple App Store in the USA for December 2013. This data offers a unique insight into the App Store, allowing app publishers to identify which app categories are the most competitive, validate app business plans and research potentially lucrative niche app categories.
Free apps are dominating the App Store, and games continue to be the most downloaded category in the store. 49,270 downloads are needed to reach the top 25 games charts in the USA (iPhone).
For non-games, the categories with the most app downloads are social networking, music and entertainment, with a total of 17,880 downloads required to reach the top 25 free apps in the competitive social networking in the USA for iPhones.
The new kids category requires a total of 4,380 daily free downloads to get to the top 25 list in the US App Store.
The figures required to reach the top 25 paid apps lists are substantially lower. The most competitive non-game categories for paid apps are as follows:
• Photography (790 DLs required daily to reach the top 25)
• Healthcare & Fitness (650 DLs required daily to reach the top 25)
• Entertainment (520 DLs required daily to reach the top 25)
• Productivity (410 DLs required daily to reach the top 25)
• Utilities (400 DLs required daily to reach the top 25)
Photography apps are now the most downloaded paid non-games apps in the Apple App Store.
Paid Healthcare & Fitness apps have increased in popularity in the last 18 months.
In May 2012, this category required 170 daily downloads in order to reach the top 25 charts and was the 4th most popular non-games category. Now in December 2013, this category requires 650 daily downloads to reach the top 25 paid charts.
Healthcare & Fitness is now the second most popular paid non-games category in the app store.
Read the Full Report Here: Top 25 App Store Charts
Elaine Heney is CEO of Chocolate Lab Apps Author of #1 Bestselling Book ‘App Escape Plan’ and Founder of the Online App University at http://www.mobileappcourses.com Chocolate Lab Apps has over 200 apps published, with #1s in over 50 countries.
Elaine Heney, Chocolate Lab Apps, http://thechocolatelabapps.com/, +353 766805924, [email protected]
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