GetJar tops 400 million application downloads

Independent mobile app store GetJar announced it topped the 400 million app download benchmark, and is now witnessing 200 percent year-over-year growth in download volume. The firm adds that its developer community now sees more than 30 million consumer downloads each month--GetJar offers more than 20,000 unique applications in total, from markets including the U.S., U.K., China, India and Indonesia.

GetJar also released results from a survey spanning more than 15,000 customers, and reports that a third of its U.S. subscribers most commonly use mobile applications just before going to bed. Twenty seven percent of customers said they use mobile applications whenever they are waiting for someone or something, and 50 percent said they download a new app at least once a week. In addition, 36 percent of GetJar survey respondents said they are more likely to discover mobile content and applications based on recommendations from friends--only 21 percent cited browsing and search as their primary means of application discovery. The top handsets among GetJar users are the Samsung Instinct, LG CU920, BlackBerry Storm, Sony Ericsson W580i and Nokia 6120.

For more on GetJar's download benchmark:
- read this release [1]

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