$200 million worth of apps sold every month

According to mobile advertising startup AdMob via GigaOM, there are some $200 million worth of applications sold in Apple’s iPhone store every month, or about $2.4 billion a year.

Just to put that in context, Apple says about 1.5 billion apps have been downloaded from the App Store. In comparison, the Android marketplace brings in about $5 million a month or on a run rate to do $60 million in a year, AdMob says.

emily | 9:24 AM | Cell Phone Apps Random Stats |
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