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by anovikov 106 days ago
End of 2022: 1,783,232 apps

End of 2023: 1,870,119 apps

End of 2024: 1,961,596 apps

Now: 2,150,612 apps, after 1.18 years.

+160k apps a year, that's only 84% above pre-AI era (safe to say that apps were not routinely built with AI in 2023 yet). Noticeable increase but doesn't feel dramatic, especially since yes, majority of those new apps are low-effort trash like those described in this thread.