August 06 2019 0 Comment

Android apps are fast gaining currency and have overtaken the volume of iOS apps in the world. At the same time the number of mobile app development  companies in Dubai have also increased manifold.

The numbers give data on the market size of the topmost popular Android app categories worldwide as of last year.

It is estimated that travel and local content apps have a 95% market share among global Android mobile users.

Android app categories are

Category All apps Average rating Apps with >50K downloads Paid apps Average price Low quality apps
Art & Design 25463 4.13 1078 (4%) 692 (3%) $ 11.38 7794 (31%)
Auto & Vehicles 25944 4.07 1639 (6%) 586 (2%) $ 6.98 1951 (8%)
Beauty 18382 4.26 726 (4%) 129 (1%) $ 16.81 5214 (28%)
Books & Reference 131257 4.32 9301 (7%) 8902 (7%) $ 5.66 24672 (19%)
Business 181194 4.21 3574 (2%) 2339 (1%) $ 16.97 17950 (10%)
Comics 5449 4.10 1194 (22%) 236 (4%) $ 17.59 344 (6%)
Communication 59904 4.25 3790 (6%) 1485 (2%) $ 7.00 3647 (6%)
Dating 5427 3.86 574 (11%) 78 (1%) $ 7.34 564 (10%)
Education 243711 4.24 14260 (6%) 17699 (7%) $ 5.49 33030 (14%)
Entertainment 170943 4.10 17213 (10%) 6142 (4%) $ 12.07 28466 (17%)
Events 19137 4.46 131 (1%) 95 (0%) $ 9.83 1883 (10%)
Finance 73482 4.06 6690 (9%) 1827 (2%) $ 32.21 5221 (7%)
Food & Drink 88298 4.33 1828 (2%) 526 (1%) $ 10.94 17926 (20%)
Health & Fitness 92354 4.12 4511 (5%) 3930 (4%) $ 5.74 14815 (16%)
House & Home 17444 4.05 493 (3%) 185 (1%) $ 5.54 2799 (16%)
Libraries & Demo 7466 4.12 334 (4%) 195 (3%) $ 18.64 580 (8%)
Lifestyle 164729 4.19 10865 (7%) 4135 (3%) $ 17.98 27222 (17%)
Maps & Navigation 36748 3.99 2765 (8%) 1654 (5%) $ 6.45 4735 (13%)
Medical 41406 4.14 1586 (4%) 3232 (8%) $ 13.64 5667 (14%)
Music & Audio 173975 4.33 9108 (5%) 4547 (3%) $ 3.92 46050 (26%)
News & Magazines 56856 4.23 3647 (6%) 347 (1%) $ 5.41 5521 (10%)
Parenting 4804 4.16 449 (9%) 241 (5%) $ 4.55 459 (10%)
Personalization 114630 4.35 13156 (11%) 16647 (15%) $ 2.07 12889 (11%)
Photography 58886 4.02 8632 (15%) 1450 (2%) $ 5.87 10197 (17%)
Productivity 94268 4.12 5157 (5%) 4687 (5%) $ 7.24 7861 (8%)
Shopping 86174 4.28 4293 (5%) 344 (0%) $ 12.74 6367 (7%)
Social 54043 4.32 3772 (7%) 907 (2%) $ 17.57 3493 (6%)
Sports 48500 4.22 2911 (6%) 2920 (6%) $ 11.22 5166 (11%)
Tools 147483 4.00 15789 (11%) 9769 (7%) $ 7.12 13623 (9%)
Travel & Local 85118 4.12 3878 (5%) 5061 (6%) $ 3.53 11843 (14%)
Video Players & Editors 18231 3.88 3266 (18%) 748 (4%) $ 6.18 2618 (14%)
Weather 9856 4.07 1376 (14%) 550 (6%) $ 3.96 640 (6%)
Action 27696 4.11 5661 (20%) 1460 (5%) $ 4.04 2160 (8%)
Adventure 24543 4.17 3056 (12%) 1924 (8%) $ 4.82 2350 (10%)
Arcade 57915 4.32 4692 (8%) 2841 (5%) $ 4.03 4927 (9%)
Board 10858 4.14 1704 (16%) 726 (7%) $ 3.60 586 (5%)
Card 8950 4.07 2219 (25%) 664 (7%) $ 2.61 348 (4%)
Casino 7409 4.07 1623 (22%) 529 (7%) $ 8.01 465 (6%)
Casual 50729 4.17 7778 (15%) 2438 (5%) $ 6.22 4339 (9%)
Educational 30903 4.25 3174 (10%) 3620 (12%) $ 3.12 2804 (9%)
Music 4942 3.98 688 (14%) 294 (6%) $ 3.81 1068 (22%)
Puzzle 59494 4.26 6551 (11%) 4085 (7%) $ 3.98 4815 (8%)
Racing 11940 4.08 3386 (28%) 427 (4%) $ 3.96 637 (5%)
Role Playing 8544 4.06 2932 (34%) 998 (12%) $ 4.18 296 (3%)
Simulation 24464 3.91 8670 (35%) 1281 (5%) $ 7.23 1928 (8%)
Sports Games 9788 4.00 2290 (23%) 593 (6%) $ 4.32 623 (6%)
Strategy 8813 4.11 1940 (22%) 888 (10%) $ 3.81 419 (5%)
Trivia 17156 4.18 1609 (9%) 382 (2%) $ 9.04 1909 (11%)
Word 11568 4.28 1625 (14%) 436 (4%) $ 4.70 773 (7%)