DISQUS

Michael Roberts · 4 months ago

The title is inaccurate: all of these apps are in the Top 25 (out of 50,000+ apps!), which makes them the 'very rich' of the App Store, not the 'middle class'. The fact that being "App Store rich" means barely making a living tells you a lot about the economics of iPhone development.
pfhagermark · 4 months ago

Hi,
I found this confusing as well. The data is from 148 apps out of the 65 000 in the store. What are the median app making and the percentiles around that? Isn't that the real "middle class" in this case? really interesting subject and required analysis. Totally agree that there are too much about the top and the bottom of the ladder in the coverage about the App Store. Let's dig a bit further and see if we can profile the "middle class" of the iPhone app developer.