Apple’s App Store Downloads: 1.8 Billion Served

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app-store Every Apple event is good for some revealing statistics. This morning Steve Jobs let drop that the App Store to date has delivered a whopping 1.8 billion downloads to iPhone and iPod touch users. That’s a lot of zeroes.

There are now over 75,000 total applications to choose from, and 30 million iPhones sold in the past 2+ years running them.

It’s worth taking a small step back and contemplating the astounding success of the App Store, which launched only slightly more than a year ago in July 2008. Since then, applications would have to be downloaded at a rate of almost 3000 per minute to tally up to the 1.8 billion statistic we heard today.

The App Store’s rise from its humble 500 app beginnings to over 75,000 mobile applications today is almost equally impressive. It would be difficult to consider the iPhone and mobile application ecosystem anything but a resounding success for Jobs and co. at this point.

If you’re an iPhone or iPod touch user, have you been bitten by the app bug yet? What personal application download numbers have you contributed to today’s statistics?

Tags: app store, apple, iphone, iPod Touch