Apple Books
Apple, Cupertino, California, United StatesApple Books is Apple's integrated ebook and audiobook app and digital storefront where users can find, buy, and download ebooks and audiobooks.
It supports EPUB and PDF files, syncs reading progress and libraries via iCloud, offers daily and annual reading goals, and provides access to a wide catalog of commercial titles and public-domain classics.
According to our data, Apple Books is the second most popular ebook technology on the web.
It has 14.8% of the ebook market share and is detected on 0.02% of all websites.
Wikipedia💸 Pricing
Apple Books is available for free. Additional paid services are also available.
📊 Rankings and Market Share
- Ebooks
- Rank: 2
- Market share: 14.8%
- Audiobooks
- Rank: 1
- Market share: 41.1%
🏆 Apple Books Awards
- 🥇 Most popular in the United States in the Audiobooks category.
- 🥇 Most popular in the United Kingdom in the Audiobooks category.
- 🥇 Most popular in Australia in the Audiobooks category.
- 🥈 Second most popular in the United States in the Ebooks category.
- 🥈 Second most popular in the United Kingdom in the Ebooks category.
- 🥈 Second most popular in Australia in the Ebooks category.
⚡ Sites Using Apple Books
We have data on 725 websites that use Apple Books ebook technology. Here is a list of some of the top ranked ones.
The highest rated site using Apple Books is onceuponachef.com.
📈 Usage Statistics
Most of the sites that use Apple Books:
- are located in the United States
- have content in English
- use the .com domain extension
- fall into the Marketing/Merchandising category.
Most of the sites using Apple Books are from the United States and the United Kingdom.
- United States 67.2%
- United Kingdom 5.8%
- Australia 4.1%
- Canada 3.3%
- Germany 2.7%
- Italy 2.1%
- Spain 2.1%
- France 1.9%
- Japan 1.7%
- Other 9.1%
Most Apple Books users speak English.
- English 90.6%
- Spanish 2.5%
- Italian 1.4%
- German 1.1%
- French 1.1%
- Japanese 1%
- Greek 0.6%
- Dutch 0.4%
- Portuguese 0.3%
- Other 1%
Apple Books ebook technology is especially popular on .com and .net top-level domains.
- .com 77.7%
- .net 5.2%
- .org 4.6%
- .co.uk 1.5%
- .com.au 1.4%
- .ca 0.8%
- .de 0.8%
- .it 0.7%
- .info 0.6%
- Other 6.7%
The primary market segments for websites utilizing Apple Books include marketing and merchandising, blogs and wiki, and entertainment.
- Marketing/Merchandising 19%
- Blogs/Wiki 18.4%
- Entertainment 12.9%
- Education/Reference 12.3%
- Business 6.1%
- Internet Services 2.5%
- Online Shopping 2.5%
- Art/Culture/Heritage 2.5%
- Health 1.8%
- Other 22%
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Scribd💬 Frequently Asked Questions
What is the company behind Apple Books?
Apple Books is owned by Apple Inc., headquartered in Cupertino, California, United States.
Can I use Apple Books for free?
Yes, it is a free ebook technology.
Which country uses Apple Books the most?
The majority of Apple Books users are from the United States.
Who uses Apple Books?
According to our data, Apple Books is used on hundreds of sites, including such established ones as onceuponachef.com,
lifeprint.com, and
clarkesworldmagazine.com.
How does Apple Books compare to the competition?
Apple Books is one of the most popular ebook technologies, second only to 
Amazon eBooks.
What are the alternatives to Apple Books?
Alternatives and possible competitors to Apple Books may include 
Kobo, 
Google Play Books, and 
Libby.
👉 See Also
🗃️ 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 3,406,701 websites.
- Statistics were last calculated on .
- For more details, see our methodology and disclaimer.