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Bar chart: Google Play showed each of our new games about 20,000 times, but fewer than 100 people installed them through Play browse and search

InsightsNov 3, 202611 min read

How Many Apps Launch Every Day, and Why Organic Downloads Got So Hard

Thousands of new apps launch every day, downloads have stopped growing and paid installs keep rising. Here is the data, the counter-evidence, and what we saw launching two games in 2026.

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