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Updated · TechCrunch · Jun 4
Apple Says App Store Drove $1.4 Trillion in 2025 Sales as 90% Avoided Commissions
Updated
Updated · TechCrunch · Jun 4

Apple Says App Store Drove $1.4 Trillion in 2025 Sales as 90% Avoided Commissions

3 articles · Updated · TechCrunch · Jun 4

Summary

  • $1.4 trillion in developer billings and sales flowed through Apple’s App Store in 2025, up from $1.3 trillion a year earlier, as the company framed the platform’s economic reach ahead of WWDC.
  • 90% of that total came from transactions that paid Apple no commission, with $1.1 trillion tied to physical goods and services and $149 billion to digital goods, where Apple typically takes 15% to 30%.
  • Ads added another $151 billion in in-app revenue, while the App Store averaged more than 850 million weekly users across 175 countries and regions.
  • 40 of the top 100 apps had consumer-facing AI features and posted stronger billing growth than the rest, underscoring AI momentum before expected WWDC announcements on Siri and broader AI integrations.
  • Apple also highlighted regional expansion: App Store billings and sales have more than doubled in China over six years and more than tripled in the U.S. and Europe.

Insights

Will AI agents make traditional apps, and the App Store itself, completely obsolete?
With App Store rules fracturing globally, is Apple’s unified digital empire starting to crumble?
As AI makes building apps easier, how will developers survive in an increasingly crowded marketplace?