Japan Mobile App Market Statistics 2024 for Android

Japan’s mobile app market is booming. With some of the highest annual install rates world-wide and consistently impressive usage rates, Japan has cemented itself as one of the most important mobile app markets around. This is partially because Japan has a highly advanced economy with a robust, technologically-engaged population, and also partially due to the fact that Japan is home to many of the globe’s most important tech companies. To name a few: SoftBank, SHARP, Sony, Seiko Epson, and more.

In this article, we provide a number of detailed app statistics and insights from the Japanese Android app market. We cover a number of topics, including how many Japanese app publishers are active on Google Play, how many apps they have released, and how Japanese apps have performed compared to the global average. The data is aggregated based on address, meaning only app publishers with valid Japanese addresses listed on Google Play have been considered.