TL;DR: The pandemic has been bad for most businesses, but many tech companies take benefitted from consumers staying at home. I of these is Apple, which has just revealed its holiday sales figures for the App Shop and how much developers take earned since its launch in 2008.

Apple writes that over the week betwixt Christmas Eve and New year's Eve, Apple Shop customers spent $1.8 billion on digital appurtenances and services, most of which went on games. Users also prepare a single-day spending record of over $540 million on New year's 24-hour interval.

The Cupertino behemothic notes how the well-nigh pop apps of the year reflected the ongoing pandemic, with those that keep people connected and entertained topping the list. Zoom and Disney+ were ii of the most downloaded apps, along with games such equally Among The states and Roblox.

Apple also notes that developers have earned over $200 billion since the App Store launched in 2008, up from $155 billion last twelvemonth.

Apple writes that Apple Music had a record twelvemonth, though the company never went into detail. Information technology added that nearly 90 percentage of listeners used features such as Listen At present, an all-new Search, personal radio stations, and Autoplay. Additionally, "date with Apple Music's industry-leading lyrics feature has doubled since 2022."

Apple Pay continues to aggrandize with more than than 90 percent of stores in the US, 85 pct of stores in the U.k., and 99 pct of stores in Commonwealth of australia now accepting payments using the platform. Elsewhere, the Apple Television app is available on over 1 billion screens in 100 countries and regions; Apple Books now has 90+ 1000000 monthly agile users, and over 140 games are available on Apple Arcade.