Google Play Store has lost nearly half of its apps since early 2024, dropping from 3.4 million to around 1.8 million. The sharp decline follows stricter quality policies that removed low-functionality, spammy, or deceptive apps.

Google has been purging apps from its Android app store, with around half culled in the past year. A new report from TechCrunch (using figures from Appfigures) notes that, from the start of 2024 to today,

Google’s Play Store just went on a massive spring clean. Since the start of 2024, the number of Android apps has dropped from 3.4 million to around 1.8 million, that’s a 47% drop in just a few months,