Mobile App Usage Grew 40 In Q2 2020 To Hit An All Time High Of 200 Billion Hours App Annie

Mobile app usage reportedly increased dramatically at the peak of the COVID-19 lockdown worldwide. With people largely staying indoors because of the pandemic, time spent on mobile apps grew 40% year-over-year in Q2, 2020. According to new data from App Annie, people the world over spent an all-time monthly high of over 200 billion hours during April 2020.

On Google Play, the most number of downloads came from India and Brazil. India was also one of the major growth drivers for the platform during the quarter, alongside Brazil and Indonesia. Meanwhile, on iOS, the US and China were the two largest markets by downloads, while the US and Saudi Arabia were the main drivers of growth quarter-over-quarter.