Apple's developer conference is ending today, and what a week that was. I personally prefer the in-person setup a lot more because the talks were more in-depth but confined to our favorite streaming devices, it was another WWDC-by-app.
Apple Developer, the app developers use to view WWDC sessions, is available for download in the App Store, which means it's covered by our App intelligence.
I took a look to see where new downloads for the app came from this week, and here are the top 10 countries:
Our estimates show the U.S. was responsible for about 47% of the more than 311K new downloads the app saw between Saturday and Wednesday. Right behind it, also with a double-digit share, is China with 15%. The UK, South Korea, and India rounded up the top 5 countries.
So what? WWDC, historically, was a very exclusive event up until a few years ago. Tickets were very expensive and very limited, and videos of the talks were not live-streamed, so excited developers who didn't get a ticket had to keep all that excitement bottled up for weeks. That's now gone, and these new downloads show us just how excited they are.
The same seven apps held the same seven download spots. Revenue told a different story, and a short-drama app from Singapore crashed the top 10.
MLB app downloads jumped 43% this February while revenue climbed to $3.5M, signaling a stronger season ahead for baseball on mobile.