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FAQs: AppMakers USA 2026 App Development Statistics Report
AppMakers USA released its 2026 App Development Statistics report, compiling over 45 sourced data points on costs, timelines, retention, AI adoption, and app-store enforcement. The report highlights key trends like $167 billion consumer spending in 2025, low user retention rates, and a gap between AI adoption and trust among developers.
It is a free industry reference published by AppMakers USA that compiles more than 45 sourced data points on app development costs, build timelines, user retention, AI adoption, and app-store enforcement, drawing from primary sources like Sensor Tower, Apple, Google, and Stack Overflow.
The report was published by AppMakers USA, a mobile and web application development company based in Los Angeles with offices in Santa Monica, New York, and San Diego. They have shipped more than 400 apps across iOS, Android, and web for clients ranging from startups to global brands.
Consumer spending across iOS and Google Play reached $167 billion in 2025, up 10.6% year over year, while downloads climbed to roughly 150 billion, a record.
Day-1 retention averages around 24%, dropping to 5-6% by day 30, meaning approximately 94% of new users churn within a month.
According to Stack Overflow's 2025 survey, 84% of developers are using or planning to use AI tools, up from 76% a year earlier, but only about a third trust the accuracy of the output, highlighting a trust gap.
Apple reviewed 7.7 million App Store submissions in 2024 and rejected over 1.9 million, while Google blocked 2.36 million policy-violating apps from Google Play that year.
CEO Daniel Haiem stated that most advice about building an app online lacks sources, so they wanted a page where every figure has a citation, providing a reliable industry reference.
The report is available at https://appmakersla.com/case-studies/app-development-statistics-2026/.
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