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Flurry data: 44% of apps tested on the iPad are games

Sunday night on the Talkcast, we pointed out that we didn't know exactly which developers were getting those test iPads to play with. However, we might know just which apps they're testing. According to Flurry Analytics, who have (somehow) been watching traffic from the iPhone OS 3.2, 44% of the apps being tested on the iPad right now are games. Entertainment apps (which seems like a broad category) falls into second place with 14%, and then the list evens out around there -- social networking claims 7% of the apps, sports 6%, travel 5%, and so on.

It's not completely clear where this data comes from -- presumably, Flurry is finding web traffic somewhere that's marked as coming to or from an iPad. Of course, that doesn't guarantee that these numbers are legit. Some apps are more likely to send traffic than others, and all we see here are percentages, as Flurry hasn't released actual numbers. "Games," as we speculated last night, probably means that bigger companies like EA and Gameloft have test iPads to try out, and "social networking" probably means that Facebook and possibly Foursquare are testing their apps. "Sports" could mean that MLB is testing its app, and so on.

It looks like gamers who have an iPad on day one will at least have plenty of game titles to choose from. The iPhone's App Store took a little while to get rolling with some hit apps, but developers and Apple seem to be doing everything they can to ensure that there are some popular downloads in the iPad's App Store right away.

[via TheAppleBlog]

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Dave Wood

"It's not completely clear where this data comes from" - Flurry is an analytics company, they have an API that dev's put into their apps and it reports device stats to Flurry.

They're not looking for web traffic. It's direct, accurate stats. It of course only tracks apps that have included the Flurry code.

March 23 2010 at 10:38 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Tim

... and 94% of the apps are crap, That's assuming 10,000 are not crap.

March 23 2010 at 10:15 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Ryan

"Other" = Fart Apps. :)

March 23 2010 at 10:10 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
ajmiarka

Need to fix the title of this article to say iPad.

March 23 2010 at 10:09 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Sinecure Industries

I love unverifiable data! Yay! At least presumably there will be a ton of things to choose from on day one for the iPad. Sinecure Industries will be releasing a utility that day, so maybe there won't be as much competition as a game. Keep an eye on our website for release info! http://www.sinecureindustries.com

March 23 2010 at 10:03 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
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