iPhone applications top 25,000, led by mobile games

There are now more than 27,000 iPhone and iPod touch applications available via Apple's App Store according to application analytics platform Mobclix, which adds that mobile games represent close to a quarter of all downloads. As of Monday morning, the App Store boasts 27,131 applications in all; premium titles now comprise 77.3 percent of all downloads. Games lead all iPhone categories with 6,276 titles, or 23.1 percent of total App Store downloads--entertainment apps follow at 3,682 apps (13.6 percent), trailed by books (2,450 apps, or 9 percent), utilities (2,319 apps, or 8.5 percent) and education (1,886 apps, or 7 percent). The least popular category: Travel apps, which make up just 3.9 percent of App Store inventory.

Within the App Store's mobile games selection, puzzle titles are by far the leading segment, representing 17.9 percent of all games. Arcade games are next at 11.3 percent, followed by action games (10.9 percent), family games (8.3 percent) and kids games (6.5 percent). Somewhat surprising given the iPhone's much-ballyhooed accelerometer, racing titles represent just 1 percent of all App Store games.

For more on the App Store inventory:
- check out Mobclix's application analytics

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