Google Play sees 47% decline in apps since start of last year

Google Play’s app loses marketplace apps.

From the beginning of 2024, the Android App Marketplace has left for a new analysis by the app intelligence supplier, approximately 1.4 million applications for about 3.4 million applications Appfigures. This has about 47% decrease in the world with an important cleaning of the applications available for Android users.

Thinking is not part of a larger global trend, but also notes. At the same time the Apple’s iOS App Store has so far went to 1.64 million applications from 1.64 million applications to 1.64 million applications – a bit increase.

Google’s work can be a relief for Android device owners, which should be sorted by blaming, spammy and other ways to find the best of applications to install. Reduction can also help developers fighting for visibility.

Over the years, Google Play has led to exceeding lower quality applications in the market in the market for the App Review. Apple continues to implement serious application views before broadcasting, Google often relies on automated vouchers combined with malicious software scans to speed up the application review process. It is trying to review a shorter application as a result of a lighter touch in terms of human opinion.

In July 2024, Google announced that it would be lift minimum quality requirements For applications that affect the number of available game store app lists.

He said he would begin to prohibit the applications demonstrating “limited functionality and content”, which is not installed or not working properly or properly operated or properly functioning. This Includes static applications The text is not only applicable as applications or PDF file applications without special features. You also include applications that provide a small content as those who offer only one wallpaper. In addition, Google is designed to do anything or has no function that can be tests or other abandoned developer efforts, or prohibited applications from any function.

Reached for a comment, Google confirmed that their new policies entered a large extended bunch Verification requirements, Required application test For new personal developer accounts and Extended human reviews To check applications trying to cheat or deceive users.

In addition, the company is investing in another 2024 in AI, strongest privacy policy, improved developer tools and other. As a result, Google prevented 2.36 million policies have banned more than 158,000 developers trying to publish the applications in his game store and publishing harmful applications.

Google, a factor that does not refer to this February this February was the rule of the new trader who started to share their names and addresses in the app list. Those who can’t do this, see their app extracting the EU’s app stores. (This is worth using the German Began to demand trader status as well In February, the information did not see the reduction of existing applications.)

AppFigures in addition, notes began to see a decrease in the number of applications in the Google Play Store before the official launch of last summer clearance; There is still no explanation for this change. However, the company says this year this year is 10.4k in Google Play this year, and the more than the year of April 7.1%.