35% of Google, Apple mobile apps are abandoned:Pixalate’s Q4'22 Report

Pixalate’s recent Q4 2022 Abandoned Mobile Apps Report provides an in-depth analysis of abandoned apps across the Google and Apple app stores. “Abandoned” means the app has not received an update in over two years.

The report covers a wide range of data points, so we decided to break some of this information down further into individual blogs to highlight interesting findings.

This post: We outline the percentage of apps that are abandoned across the Google Play Store and Apple App Store in 2022.

As of Q4 2022, 37% of apps on the Google Play Store appear to be abandoned

Percentage of abandoned apps on the Google Play Store:

• Q1 - 31%
• Q2 - 32%
• Q3 - 35%
• Q4 - 37%

As of Q4 2022, 32% of apps on the Apple App Store appear to be abandonedPercentage of abandoned apps on the Apple App Store:

• Q1 - 36%
• Q2 - 30%
• Q3 - 30%
• Q4 - 32%