“From the start of 2024 to the present, the Android app marketplace went from hosting about 3.4 million apps worldwide to just around 1.8 million, according to a new analysis by app intelligence provider Appfigures.”
Google Play dropped from about 3.4 million apps to 1.8 million while Apple’s store grew slightly. Google credits a quality purge. It did not mention the EU rule forcing developers to publish a name and address. The decline also started before the purge did.