Archive · 24 Jul 2025
Google Play and Android Boosted India's Economy in 2024
Imagine a giant app store called Google Play, where you can download games, apps, and more on your phone.
In India, this app store, along with the Android system, helped make a lot of money, about Rs4 lakh crore in 2024!
This also helped create a lot of jobs, more than 35 lakh of them.
Many people in India create these apps, and lots of other people around the world use them.
Indian app developers have over 720 crore downloads.
It's like a huge online marketplace that's growing super fast.
Google Play and Android generated approximately Rs4 lakh crore in revenue in India in 2024.
The app ecosystem created over 35 lakh jobs in India.
India has the second-highest number of active developers on Google Play, exceeding 10 lakh.
Around 79% of Indian app developers have users outside of India.
Indian app developers saw 720 crore downloads from the Play Store.
- Who
- App publishers, developers, and the Indian economy.
- What
- Google Play and Android generated revenue and jobs in India's app economy.
- When
- In 2024.
- Where
- India.
- Why
- India's digital economy is expanding due to smartphone adoption and affordable data.
- Revenue Generated
- Rs4 lakh crore
- Jobs Created
- 35 lakh+
- Active Developers
- 10 lakh+
- Developers with Overseas Users
- 79%
- Total App Downloads
- 720 crore