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China now Apple’s largest software market, overtaking U.S. for first time – App Annie

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<p>There have been <a href="https://9to5mac.com/2015/10/29/opinion-china-apples-largest-market/" target="_blank">predictions[/url] for years that <a href="https://9to5mac.com/guides/china/" target="_blank">China[/url] would eventually be a larger market for Apple than the USA. The weak Chinese economy means that it hasn’t yet happened in hardware, but the latest App Annie data says that it’s already got there on the software side.</p>

<p class="p1">The highlight of this report is certainly China overtaking the U.S to become the largest market in the world for iOS <a href="https://9to5mac.com/guides/app-store/" target="_blank">App Store[/url] revenue — earning over $1.7 billion in Q3 2016. We predicted in Q1 that China’s rapid iOS revenue growth would drive it right past the U.S well before year’s end — China is now leading the U.S by over 15%.</p>

<p>The rapid growth in Chinese spending – a 500% increase in two years – is in line with earlier predictions. The stats also illustrate the importance of games in driving App Store sales …</p>
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