#appstores
Live, measured metrics for the hashtag #appstores from the open social web. Every number carries a named source and the time it was fetched. Nothing is estimated.
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Day-by-day usage
measured · fosstodon.org (Mastodon public tags API) · fetched 2026-10-28 23:31 UTC3 uses by 3 unique accounts across the window. Real per-day counts, not estimates. Newest bar is today so far.
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measured · fosstodon.org (Mastodon public search API) · fetched 2026-10-28 23:31 UTCLive pulse
measured · fosstodon.org (Mastodon tag timeline) · fetched 2026-10-28 23:31 UTCEverything below is measured over the latest 40 public posts (spanning ~5314 hours).
Posting hours (UTC) — busiest: 16:00
Languages: English (38) · German (2)
Avg boosts / post: 0.5
Top of the latest posts
wait wtf? Things escalated from protecting to kids to going after burner #phones with age verification. The last reliable form of #privacy internet users had was the isp. There really is no reason if we have websites age verification, #apps
Google now lets you download third-party app stores from the Play Store... but it doesn't make them easy to find. Following a judicial order, Google plans to fix this issue (of its own making). https://www.theverge.com/policy/979852/that-is
Google could begin distributing third-party Android app stores in the Google Play Store as soon as July 22, as Google and Epic agree to give up on an attempt to modify a court injunction. https://www.theverge.com/policy/965792/google-epic-w
What “appstores” means
WikipediaAn app store, also called an app marketplace or app catalog, is a type of digital distribution platform for computer software called applications, often in a mobile context. Apps provide a specific set of functions which, by definition, do not include the running of the computer itself. Complex software developed for personal computers may have a corresponding mobile app optimized for the device’s constraints. Today apps are normally designed to run on a specific mobile operating system—such as
“App store” on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA) →#appstores across platforms
every network with a public tag surfaceFollow #appstores straight to each platform’s own tag page. Where a platform publishes open data we measure it above; the rest lock their numbers behind paid APIs, so we link rather than guess.
Every number above is measured from a named public API at the shown fetch time. Nothing is estimated or extrapolated. Platforms that lock their data behind paid APIs are not shown. Agents: the same numbers, as JSON, at /api/hashtags/appstores