Millions of applications were refused Apple in 2024 amid repression of fraud

In the application store you can see 813 million weekly visitors

1 facebook x.com reddit Bluesky rejected 1.93 million applications of applications in 2024 The year, according to the APP Store transparency, published in May 2025. 2024, having rejected more than 1.9 million for the inability to comply with its standards.Other failures included spam, legal compliance or attempts to circumvent the Apple. Apple deleted 82,509 applications from the App Store in 2024, mainly for violations of their guidelines for the consideration of applications or a license agreement on the developers program.

The utilities led deletions with more than 16,000 elongated, followed by games. The very problems with the design caused 42,252 removal, often for behavior or outdated functions.

Another 38,315 applications were removed for fraud.

Fraudulent conclusions of developers can appeal Removing, but few succeeded. Only 421 the application was restored from 26,224 appeals, the success indicator was only 1.6%.

Apple stopped 146,747 developers in 2024. Of these, 146 583 were associated with fraud. Only 225 developers were restored after the appeal.

Apple rejected almost two million applications in 2024. Image loan: Apple

The company also closed almost 129 million customer accounts and said that it blocked $ 2.02 billion in the form of potentially fraudulent transactions. Many completion of accounts are related to references to previously prohibited developers or the use of deceptive business practices.

China is headed by global removes

in 2024 in 2024 in 2024 The year Apple received government requests for 17,309 applications. Apple said that 1131 of these removals were games in which there was no GRN license, which is required in accordance with the laws of China.

In another place, government requests were much lower. Russia asked for 171 Removals, South Korea in 79 years, and India for 34 years. Apple says that these removals are applied only to regions where requests arose, and applications remain available in other places.

In the application store there were 813 million weekly visitors and 839 million applications on average during the year. But Redownload is much ahead of new installations, reaching almost 1.9 billion per week.

Most of the application updates were delivered automatically in the background & MDash; more than 66 billion updates every week and MDash; Compared to 638 million, performed manually.

China leads global requirements for Teikunda. Image loan: Apple

The search has remained a key part of the detection of applications. About 441 million customer accounts used the search in the application store every week. More than 1.3 million applications appeared in the 10 best results at least 1000 searches, although Apple did not explain how these ratings were determined.

Apple's growth report

> 2024 Reporting report accesses in accordance with Apple Adapts to the development of the rule. In the European Union, the law on digital markets leads to changes in how Apple processes the distribution and payments of applications.

In the United States, Apple continues to encounter criticism from developers and legislators to control the platform and payment structure. While the company positions the App Store as a safe and trusted market, the report shows the difficulty of managing this system on a scale.

Apple's efforts to protect users and maintain quality are delivered with compromises in the field of transparency, flexibility of developers and global accessibility.