Apple Says It Paid Out $7 Billion To Developers

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Apple Says It Paid Out $7 Billion To Developers

engine

6:00 pm on Jan 7, 2013 (gmt 0)

Wow, that's quite a chunk of their business.

Apple announced today that more than 40 billion apps have been downloaded from its App Store for the iPhone and iPad — which has led to more than $7 billion in payments to developers.

Apple Says It Paid Out $7 Billion To Developers [blogs.wsj.com]

scooterdude

6:06 pm on Jan 7, 2013 (gmt 0)

Erm, isn't it a bit like shared income ?

App store being like a supermarket?

Something beckons i reckon

StoutFiles

7:04 pm on Jan 7, 2013 (gmt 0)

If Apple paid out 7 billion, you can only imagine how much THEY made. The App Store is making a killing.

swa66

12:22 am on Jan 8, 2013 (gmt 0)

you can only imagine how much THEY made

You can calculate what they made: Apple takes a 30% cut on everything they sell in the App Store.
So they made 3 billion on the App store for non Apple products.

Math works much better than imagination.

ken_b

12:51 am on Jan 8, 2013 (gmt 0)

How many developers is that?

creeking

1:02 am on Jan 8, 2013 (gmt 0)

(7 billion)/(40 billion)

averaged 17.5 cents per download

anyone have info on what percentage of downloads are free?