⚡ App Platforms

App platforms provide environments for delivering software functionality across the web and devices, including installable web applications, mobile apps, browser extensions, and platform-integrated experiences.

They may include infrastructure for app publishing, discovery, installation, and updates, along with features such as user authentication, push notifications, offline support, and integration with device capabilities and platform APIs.

According to our statistics, app platforms are detected on 12.4% of all websites.
76.5% of these sites use only one app platform, 17.9% use two, and 5.6% use three or more of them.

Statistics based on 3.5M+ analyzed websites. About this data

⭐ Most Popular in 2026

The following chart shows the leading app platforms on the web in 2026, based on market share.

The most popular is Progressive Web App, which dominates the market with an overwhelming 65.7% share.
It is followed by Google Play with 21.7% and App Store with 21.2%.

Progressive Web App 65.7%
Google Play 21.7%
App Store 21.2%
Facebook 19.3%
Huawei AppGallery 1.3%
Chrome Web Store 0.5%
Microsoft Store 0.1%
RuStore 0.07%
Firefox 0.06%
Microsoft Edge 0.03%
Galaxy Store 0.02%
F-Droid 0.02%
Snapcraft 0.02%
Opera 0.007%

You can also drill down by country:

🚀 Country Highlights

Here is a list of platforms that are especially popular in certain countries.
Differences between global and country rankings are shown in parentheses.

Google Play is #1 in India ^(-1)
App Store is #1 in Saudi Arabia ^(-2)
Facebook is #1 in Japan ^(-3)
Huawei AppGallery is #2 in Indonesia ^(-3)
RuStore is #6 in Russia ^(-2)

✨ Top App Platforms

Below is a more detailed list of 14 app platforms we detect, ranked by their market share.

Rank	Name	Market share
1	Progressive Web App Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States A type of web app that can be installed on a device and run as a standalone application while being delivered through the web.	65.7%
2	Google Play Mountain View, California, United States A digital distribution service and official app store for Android operated by Google, providing access to apps, games, and other digital content across supported devices such as phones, tablets, TVs, and wearables. Free$25+	21.7%
3	App Store Cupertino, California, United States A digital distribution platform that allows users to download and purchase apps and digital content for iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch, and other Apple devices. Free$99+/year	21.2%
4	Facebook Menlo Park, California, United States Third-party software applications that integrate with Facebook and use its APIs to access data and interact with its social features. Free	19.3%
5	Huawei AppGallery Shenzhen, China A digital distribution platform developed by Huawei that allows users to discover, download, and manage apps on Huawei smartphones, tablets, and other devices.	1.3%
6	Chrome Web Store Mountain View, California, United States A digital marketplace operated by Google that allows users to discover and install extensions and themes for the Chrome web browser. Free$5	0.5%
7	Microsoft Store Redmond, Washington, United States A digital distribution platform for Windows that serves as a centralized location to discover, download, and install apps and software on PCs. Free$99+	0.1%
8	RuStore Moscow, Russia A Russian app store for Android devices, developed as the Russian alternative to Google Play.	0.07%
⏳	Firefox Mountain View, California, United States Firefox Add-ons, also known as AMO, is Mozilla's official marketplace for discovering, installing, and managing extensions and themes for the Firefox browser. Free	0.06%
⏳	Microsoft Edge Redmond, Washington, United States Microsoft's official extension marketplace for the Edge browser. Free	0.03%
11	Galaxy Store Seoul, Korea A preinstalled app store for Samsung Galaxy devices that allows users to download apps and device-specific content across phones, tablets, and wearables. Free$$$	0.02%
12	F-Droid Amsterdam, Netherlands An independent, community-maintained app store for Android that distributes only free and open-source applications with an emphasis on transparency and user privacy.	0.02%
13	Snapcraft London, United Kingdom A packaging system and application store ecosystem for Linux that enables building, distributing, and installing software as Snap packages on different Linux systems.	0.02%
⏳	Opera Redmond, Washington, United States An official site for discovering and installing add-ons and themes designed for the Opera browser. Free	0.007%

🗃️ About This Data

We evaluate the popularity of technologies based on the number of websites where we detect their usage.
Technologies without a detectable web footprint, and those we do not track, are not reflected in the calculated market share.
This report is based on the analysis of 3,525,227 websites.
We currently track the presence of 14 app platforms across the web.
Statistics were last calculated on May 28, 2026.
For more details, see our methodology and disclaimer.