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The following graph shows the distribution of downloads for all apps, free apps and paid apps. The Google Play store classifies each Android app into a download count range or bracket, and this histogram shows how many apps are in each bracket:
Download distribution of Android apps
Development of total downloads since app launch date
To see how downloads develop after app lauch, we performed a cohort analysis of all Android apps on Google Play. For all apps launched in a certain week, we determined which percentage of them had more than 500, 5,000 and 50,000 downloads. This analysis is updated daily. The following graph shows how the percentage of apps that reaches each of those download milestones develops over time after launching the app:
