Answer · App Store size, July 9, 2026
How many apps are in the App Store?
There's no official number — Apple doesn't publish a live total. Third-party trackers estimate the full App Store listing count at roughly 1.9 to 2.4 million apps in 2026. At GetAppNiche we actively track 744,876 iOS apps (snapshot July 9, 2026) — a deliberately smaller, deduplicated set of live apps, which for market research is the number that actually matters.
Apple releases no per-store total, so every full-store figure here is a third-party estimate, labeled with its source and date. Our tracked count is exact and updated daily.
The estimates
What the trackers say
| Source | iOS apps | What it counts |
|---|---|---|
| 42matters | ~2.44 million | reported available apps, as of July 2026 |
| Business of Apps | ~2.42 million | apps and games, 2025–2026 figure |
| Statista / Bankmycell | ~1.9 million | commonly cited available-apps range |
| GetAppNiche (tracked & active) | 744,876 | apps we actively track, July 9, 2026 |
Sources: 42matters and Business of Apps App Store statistics (2026 third-party estimates); GetAppNiche tracked count, July 9, 2026. Full-store estimates disagree by hundreds of thousands because each counts dead, duplicate, and region-locked listings differently — treat any single "total" as approximate.
Third-party estimates of Apple's full listing count — approximate, and they disagree by design. GetAppNiche's 744,876 is a different measure: our exact, deduplicated active set, snapshot July 9, 2026 — not a like-for-like total.
Two different numbers
Why "tracked" is smaller than "total"
The multi-million figures estimate every listing Apple has ever made available — including a long tail of apps that no longer update, were pulled in some regions, or are effectively abandoned. Our 744,876 is a curated, deduplicated set of iOS apps with enough public signal to analyze. For deciding what to build or who you'd compete against, the active set is the honest denominator: a store technically "full of apps," most of which are dormant, overstates how crowded any real market is.
What the count really means
A big store, a small earning slice
The headline count matters less than what sits underneath it. Across the 744,876 apps we track, an estimated 7.6% show any revenue signal and just 3.10% clear an estimated $1,000/month — and those odds range from 15.19% in Games down to 0.09% in Sticker packs. If you're sizing an opportunity, that distribution is the number to internalize, not the store total.
- See the full breakdown. The State of iOS App Niches 2026 study ranks all 26 categories by earning odds, with a free CSV.
- How many actually earn? How many apps make money walks the revenue-threshold ladder.
- How fast is it growing? How many apps are released on iOS every day covers net new releases.
- Do the new ones get used? How many new apps actually get users — 65.2% of 2025 releases still have zero ratings.
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App Store size — quick answers
How many apps are in the Apple App Store?
There is no official number — Apple does not publish a live total. Third-party trackers estimate the full App Store listing count at roughly 1.9 to 2.4 million as of 2026 (42matters reported ~2.44 million in July 2026; Business of Apps cites ~2.42 million). These vary because each source counts differently and the total changes daily. GetAppNiche actively tracks 744,876 iOS apps as of July 9, 2026 — a deliberately smaller, deduplicated set focused on live apps, not the full listing count.
Why does GetAppNiche track fewer apps than the reported total?
Because the two numbers measure different things. The ~2 million+ figures are estimates of every listing Apple has ever had available, including large volumes of dead, unmaintained, or region-locked apps. Our 744,876 (July 9, 2026) is a curated, deduplicated set of apps we actively track for research — the ones with enough signal to analyze. For market research, the active set is the more useful denominator; a store 'full of apps' most of which no longer update tells you little about your competition.
How many new apps are released on the App Store each day?
Fewer than most people assume. Based on release-date data in our tracked set, the App Store adds on the order of a few hundred net new iOS apps per day, not thousands — the store's growth has flattened as Apple has tightened review and pruned stale listings. See our breakdown of how many apps are released on iOS every day for the method and caveats.
Is the App Store still growing in 2026?
Slowly, and net of removals. Reported listing-count estimates have drifted within the ~1.9–2.4 million range rather than climbing steeply, and different trackers even show it moving in different directions depending on how aggressively they count dead apps. The more decision-relevant fact for a founder isn't the raw count — it's that in most categories, only a low single-digit percentage of apps clear an estimated $1,000/month. The store is large; the earning slice is small.
How many apps make money out of all of them?
Across the 744,876 iOS apps we track, an estimated 7.6% show any revenue signal and 3.10% clear an estimated $1,000/month (data July 9, 2026). Those odds swing from 15.19% in Games to 0.09% in Sticker packs — see the State of iOS App Niches 2026 study for the full per-category table.