Apple touts App Store’s $1.3 trillion ecosystem ahead of WWDC25

Ahead of WWDC next week, Apple is out with a new report today touting how the App Store “helps developers reach new heights.” According to Apple, the global App Store “supported” $1.3 trillion in billings and sales in 2024. This comes after Apple touted the $406 billion impact of the App Store in the United States alone last week. The Apple-funded study was performed by Analysis Group. “For more than 90 percent of the billings and sales facilitated by the App Store ecosystem, developers did not pay any commission to Apple,” Apple says. The study found that in 2024, developer billings and sales for digital goods and services totaled $131 billion, driven by games, photo and video editing apps, and enterprise tools. Sales of physical goods and services exceeded $1 trillion, fueled by rising demand for online food delivery and pickup, as well as grocery orders. In-app advertising revenue from ads placed by developers in their apps was $150 billion. Since 2019, spending across all three ... Read full article.