The Industry Standard - Apple App Store hits 30,000 apps by May 1, 2009? - Comments

As of March 22, the count

David Kuan — Sun, 22 Mar 2009 11:42:36 -0400

As of March 22, the count stands at 30,136 meeting favorable judgment criteria.

As of March 21, the count

David Kuan — Sat, 21 Mar 2009 02:10:49 -0400

As of March 21, the count stands at 29,975. Judgment criteria will be met by tomorrow.

IMO, the 30K mark will be

David Kuan — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 18:12:46 -0400

IMO, the 30K mark will be passed before end of next week.

Current count is 29,501 on

Yi-Wyn Yen167771 — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 17:44:23 -0400

Current count is 29,501 on March 18. This mark will likely break before end of April is my guess.

Latest count on March 9 is

David Kuan — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 22:00:21 -0500

Latest count on March 9 is 26,655 apps.

Apple App Store hits 30,000 apps by May 1, 2009?

David Kuan — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 12:33:37 -0500

Judgment made on March 22, 2009: Done and done. More than 30,000 apps to choose from the Apple App Store. The community judged this prediction correctly. -- The Industry Standard

One of the biggest draws of the iPhone and iPod Touch is the Apple App Store, which allows users to download applications from a single location.

The App Store opened for business in early July. Within five months, the Apple App Store reached 10,000 applications. The App Store needed only another three months to hit 20,000 apps.

As of March 4, there are 25,979 apps, according to Mobclix, which tracks stats for the Apple App Store.

Prediction: Will Apple App Store break 30,000 application by May 1, 2009? Judgment will be made based on the metrics reported by Mobclix. Let the community decide. Place your bets!

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