Report: App downloads on iTunes Sales

Apple's iTunes Store will soon be remembered more for its applications than for its musical roots. This is the conclusion of a new report that shows that it took 2.2 years for the App Store to provide 6.3 billion applications, which took about five years to the iTunes Music Store, according to TechCrunch's interpretation of the Asymco diagram above.

Owners of iPhones, iPod touch and The iPad has an average of 17.6 million apps downloaded per day, compared with about 7.5 million songs, according to the firm.

If this trend continues, app downloads will overtake music downloads by the end of 2010. The numbers seem to corroborate a previous chart indicating that music downloads continue to slow down, especially with respect to music downloads. applications.

However, before people start writing too many "RIP iTunes Music" stories, remember that a lot of downloaded apps are free of charge compared to songs that cost you at least 59 cents.

[9to5Mac, TechCrunch]