India App Market Statistics in 2023

Samsung R&D Institute India Noida is on position 1 of the biggest Indian app publishers. Samsung R&D Institute India Noida is a branch of Samsung, a multinational electronics company based in Suwon, South Korea. In addition to developing mobile apps, they manufacture a wide range of consumer and industrial electronic equipment and products such as semiconductors, personal computers, and smartphones. Samsung R&D Institute India Noida has developed such apps as Ultra data saving, USB Backup, S Secure, Storage Saver, and more. They own 9 apps that have been downloaded together more than 2.44b+ times.

Smart Media4U Technology Pte.Ltd. is on position 2 of the biggest Indian app publishers. They own 4 apps that have been downloaded together more than 2.16b+ times.

Jio Platforms Limited is on position 3 of the biggest Indian app publishers. They own 57 apps that have been downloaded together more than 1.41b+ times.

Truecaller is on position 4 of the biggest Indian app publishers. They own 3 apps that have been downloaded together more than 1.13b+ times.

Airtel is on position 5 of the biggest Indian app publishers. Airtel is a global telecommunications services company. Founded in 1995, they are based in Delhi, India. Airtel has created the app Airtel Thanks - Recharge, Bill Pay, Bank, Live TV. They own 15 apps that have been downloaded together more than 825.2m+ times.

ShareChat is on position 6 of the biggest Indian app publishers. ShareChat aims to provide a comfortable digital space that enables users to share their thoughts, emotions, opinions, and make friends. ShareChat has developed the app ShareChat - Make Friends, WhatsApp Status & Videos. They own 5 apps that have been downloaded together more than 814.24m+ times.

Novi Digital is on position 7 of the biggest Indian app publishers. Novi Digital is the developer behind Hotstar, an Indian over-the-top streaming service. Founded in 2015, they are headquartered in Mumbai, India. Novi Digital is owned by Star India, which itself is a wholly owned subsidiary of The Walt Disney Company. Novi Digital has developed and published Hotstar and Hotstar. They own 4 apps that have been downloaded together more than 670.53m+ times.

Flipkart is on position 8 of the biggest Indian app publishers. Flipkart is an Indian e-commerce company based in Bengaluru, India. Founded in 2007, the company was initially focused on book sales, before expanding into consumer electronics, fashion, and lifestyle products. Flipkart has created the apps Flipkart Online Shopping App and Flipkart Seller Hub. They own 4 apps that have been downloaded together more than 588.65m+ times.

Paytm - One97 Communications Ltd. is on position 9 of the biggest Indian app publishers. Paytm - One97 Communications Ltd. is the developer of Paytm, India’s largest digital payment, online shopping, and business solutions platform. Paytm - One97 Communications Ltd. has developed a variety of apps, including Paytm - BHIM UPI, Money Transfer & Mobile Recharge, Paytm Mall: Online Shopping App, and Paytm Mall Store Manager. They own 7 apps that have been downloaded together more than 558.76m+ times.

PhonePe is on position 10 of the biggest Indian app publishers. PhonePe makes digital payments easy, safe, and universal. They believe India is on the cusp of a new mobile revolution that will change the way people manage their money on the go. PhonePe’s goal is to make sure people never feel the need to carry cash or cards again. PhonePe has developed and published the apps PhonePe – UPI Payments, Recharges & Money Transfer and PhonePe for Business - Accept all digital payments. They own 3 apps that have been downloaded together more than 542.59m+ times.

77% of apps from Indian publishers have Google Firebase integrated. In total 116,920 apps. Firebase is a mobile and web application development platform SDK that gives app builders the ability to develop their apps faster, without worrying about infrastructure. It includes functionalities like analytics, databases, messaging and crash reporting so developers can move quickly and focus on their users.

53% of apps from Indian publishers have Firebase Cloud Messaging integrated. In total 80,808 apps. Firebase Cloud Messaging is a cross-platform messaging solution developed by Google that lets app developers reliably deliver messages at no cost. With Firebase Cloud Messaging, app developers can notify a client app that new email or other data is available to sync, and drive user re-engagement and retention with notification messages.

50% of apps from Indian publishers have OkHttp integrated. In total 75,396 apps. OkHttp is an open source project designed to be an efficient HTTP client. It's also easy to use. OkHttp’s request/response API is designed with fluent builders and immutability. It supports both synchronous blocking calls and async calls with callbacks.

43% of apps from Indian publishers have gson integrated. In total 65,484 apps. Gson is a Google-developed Java library that app developers can leverage to convert Java Objects into their JSON representation, and vice versa. It works with arbitrary Java objects, including pre-existing objects of which developers do not have the source-code.

43% of apps from Indian publishers have Kotlin integrated. In total 65,135 apps.

40% of apps from Indian publishers have Glide integrated. In total 61,107 apps. Glide is an open source media management and image loading framework for Android that supports fetching, decoding, and displaying video stills, images, and animated GIFs. Glide includes a flexible API that developers can plug in to almost any network stack.

38% of apps from Indian publishers have Google Ads AdMob integrated. In total 57,442 apps. Google Ads AdMob is a mobile advertising platform that enables users to monetize their mobile applications via in-app advertising. AdMob is based on the Google Mobile Ads SDK and serves over 200 billion ad requests a month, with over 1 million advertisers and 1 million apps currently running on the AdMob mobile ad network.

38% of apps from Indian publishers have Google Ads AdMob Mediation Adapters integrated. In total 57,082 apps.

26% of apps from Indian publishers have Firebase Crashlytics Fabric integrated. In total 38,842 apps. Fabric Crashlytics is the most powerful, lightest weight crash reporting SDK on the market. App developers that leverage Fabric Crashlytics are able to spend less time finding crashes and more time fixing them.

25% of apps from Indian publishers have Retrofit integrated. In total 37,736 apps.