App Store statistics, November 2026
How many apps are free, what paid apps cost, how ratings, sizes, updates and languages break down. Computed from public App Store metadata; every figure below is dated and links to where it comes from.
The catalogue at a glance
- Apps tracked
- 1,093,812
- Publishers
- 381,019
- Free to download
- 92.5%
- Mean rating (rated apps)
- 4.15
- Updated in November 2026
- 39,382
- Price changes in November 2026
- 2,011
From the November 2026 data release (a partial month that refreshes daily until it closes), first published 1 Nov 2026.
Apple does not publish a live count of every app on the App Store. These figures describe the apps in our index, which is built from the store's public charts, search and developer catalogues and grows continuously, so read them as a large sample of the store rather than an official census.
Prices and free apps
- download for free
- 92.5%
- median paid price
- $2.99
- apps charge up front
- 81,267
From the study How Many App Store Apps Are Free? Prices in 2026, figures computed 12 Nov 2026.
Ratings
- of rated apps score 4.5+
- 55.4%
- ratings on the median app
- 8
- have no rating at all
- 50.9%
From the study Are App Store Ratings Reliable?, figures computed 12 Nov 2026.
Download sizes
- the median app download
- 49 MB
- the average game
- 218 MB
- top a full gigabyte
- 0.5%
From the study How Big Are iPhone Apps? Average App Size, figures computed 13 Nov 2026.
Updates and abandoned apps
- updated in the last month
- 14.3%
- age of the median app
- 3.4 yrs
- untouched for 2+ years
- 28%
From the study How Long Do Apps Last Before They're Abandoned?, figures computed 12 Nov 2026.
Languages
- ship in one language only
- 67.2%
- language for the median app
- 1
- reach 10+ languages
- 10.3%
From the study What Languages Do App Store Apps Support?, figures computed 14 Nov 2026.
Developers
- of developers have one app
- 71.8%
- of apps are from one-app makers
- 25%
- apps from the busiest maker
- 470
From the study How Many Developers Are on the App Store?, figures computed 14 Nov 2026.
iOS and iPhone requirements
- the median app still runs on this
- iPhone 6s
- still install on an iPhone 6s
- 78.4%
- require iOS 17 or newer
- 12.6%
From the study Which iPhones Can Still Run Today's Apps?, figures computed 30 Sep 2026.
Age ratings
- are rated 4+ (all ages)
- 74.9%
- are 12+ or higher
- 22.3%
- are rated 17+
- 14.3%
From the study App Store Age Ratings and Content Warnings Explained, figures computed 28 Sep 2026.
Largest categories
| Category | Apps tracked |
|---|---|
| Games | 146,565 |
| Education | 126,421 |
| Utilities | 109,953 |
| Business | 96,810 |
| Lifestyle | 69,313 |
| Productivity | 62,927 |
| Health & Fitness | 62,526 |
| Finance | 46,135 |
| Entertainment | 45,598 |
| Food & Drink | 40,874 |
From the November 2026 data release. Per-category detail is in the category reports.
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The catalogue figures are available as CSV and JSON, with every earlier month on the releases page. Licensed CC BY 4.0: reuse them with credit and a link. How each figure is collected and computed is on the methodology page.