The App Store rang in 2017 by smashing sales records

On New Year's Day, celebrating 2017 gave way to staring at iPhone and iPad screens as the App Store posted the single biggest sales day in its almost nine-year history. Customers tapped out $240 million in purchases on Jan. 1.

Apple touted that stat and more of its latest App Store numbers in a release today, revealing that 2016 was a big year for its developers and that Super Mario Run, flawed as it may be, was a holiday download juggernaut.  

According to Philip Schiller, Apple’s senior vice president of Worldwide Marketing, the App Store made over $20 billion for developers in 2016, a 40 percent increase over last year. Since its 2008 inception, the App store has netted developers over $60 billion.  Read more...