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75%

75% -- apps used only once after download for Apple App Store and Google Play apps (2026)

Name: Apps Used Only Once After Download Statistics
Creator: Lighthouse Intelligence
Published: 2026-10-02

2026 · avgbasecamp.com

75% of apps across the Apple App Store and Google Play are used only once after being downloaded.

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Last verified: 2026-10-02 · How we verify data →

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Value

75%

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Percentage

Data Vintage

2026

Entity

Apple App Store and Google Play apps

Evidence Quality

Strong, reliable evidence

Sourced from a well-regarded research firm or industry leader with transparent methodology and a reasonably large sample.

61/100 confidence

Single source - not yet corroborated

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Methodology

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Source

avgbasecamp.com Primary Tier C

https://www.avgbasecamp.com/blog/why-daily-life-is-the-next-trillion-dollar-frontier-for-investing ↗

Confidence: 48/100 Vintage: 2026 Channel: Common Crawl

Source Article

Why Daily Life is the Next Trillion-Dollar Frontier for Investing

Original Research

avgbasecamp.com · Original study ↗

Methodology

Aggregate app retention figure cited in VC blog; original source not identified

Methodology documented

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Industrymarketing

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Apple App Store and Google Play apps: 75% apps used only once after download. Source: avgbasecamp.com (2026). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/apps-used-once-after-download

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