Most popular Apple App Store category

Most popular Apple App Store category
WHO
Games
WHAT
20.38 percentage
WHERE
Not Applicable
WHEN
September 2014
According to online quantitative data portal Statista.com, the most popular category on the Apple App Store, as of September 2014, is perhaps unsurprisingly, Games – accounting for 20.38% of all available apps on Apple’s online marketplace.

Games (20.38%)
Education (10.36%)
Business (9.43%)
Lifestyle (8.01%)
Entertainment (7.13%)
Utilities (5.21%)
Travel (4.8%)
Books (4.31%)
Music (3.24%)
Productivity (2.87%)
Health and Fitness (2.74%)

Statista also found that 92% of games in the App Store are free to download but offer in-app purchases, 6% were paid apps with no in-app purchases, and 2% were paid apps with in-app purchases.