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# Mobile App Sales Will Surpass CD Sales By 2012
- URL: https://www.hypebot.com/mobile-app-sales-will-surpass-cd-sales-by-2012/
- Published: 2010-03-18T08:24:00.000Z
- Updated: 2010-03-18T08:24:00.000Z
- Description: Just how big is the market for mobile apps? Global mobile apps will be worth $17.5 billion by 2012, according to an independent report commissioned by app store GetJar. Mobile. Continue reading [https://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2010/03/mobile-app-sales-will-surpass-cd-sales-by-2012.html]
- Author: Bruce Houghton
- Tags: Apps, Mobile & SMS, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-01-21 11:03

[![image from weblogs.baltimoresun.com](http://hypebot.typepad.com/.a/6a00d83451b36c69e20120a94ee3d7970b-250wi "image from weblogs.baltimoresun.com")](http://hypebot.typepad.com/.a/6a00d83451b36c69e20120a94ee3d7970b-pi?ref=hypebot.com) Just how big is the market for mobile apps?

Global mobile apps will be worth $17.5 billion by 2012, according to an independent report commissioned by app store [GetJar](http://www.businesswire.com/portal/site/home/permalink/?ndmViewId=news%5Fview&newsId=20100316007140&newsLang=en&ref=hypebot.com). Mobile app downloads across all types of handset are also expected to increase from over 7 billion downloads in 2009 to almost 50 billion in 2012 – a year on year growth rate of 92%. 

This would mean that the value of apps sold would be greater than the projected $13.83 billion value of CDs sold in 2012.