9apps

9Apps is one of the most popular Android marketplaces globally with a huge user base as well as an abundant and varied app repository. We recently had the chance to sit with Ebrahim Popat the Country Manager at 9Apps and he gave us some really interesting insights about the latest trends around smartphones, and how they are being used. 1) Latest trends in the Indian Apps industry As is highlighted from our annual trends report (please refer to the chart below), following are some of the key highlights: An average Indian user installs no more than 32 apps (lower than the world average). Out of this at least 7 are gaming apps. As high-end smartphones become more popular and prevalent, this number is likely to go up further Only 26% users have Hindi language apps. Also, there is limited avail...