Developer Economics - Visualisations

Our interactive visualisations are based on our Developer Economics 2012 report – a research capturing the views of 1,500+ developers across 7 major platforms and 83 countries. This research was conducted in Q2 2012.

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App lifecycle
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Main platform

 Any Clear
Android (Google)
BlackBerry OS (RIM)
iOS (Apple)
Java ME
mobile web (HTML/ JavaScript)
Qt
Windows Phone

App Category

Any All Clear
Games
Media/News/Weather
Business/Productivity
Comms/Social networking
Music/Video
Maps/navigation
Entertainment
Education Reference
Utilities
Enterprise Applications

Developers' industry

Any All Clear
Software and IT services
Games industry
Telecoms handset_industry
Media
Banking/finance
Travel/Tourism
Retail industry
Education industry

Involvement

 Any Clear
I develop apps myself
Hire a coder
Internal developer team
External developer team
Digital agency
System integrator
  • The graph above presents the time it takes to develop an app, from initial idea to launch, versus the time that developers actively maintain an app, post-launch. The larger bubbles indicate high concentrations of developers
  • There is a high correlation between development and maintenance time. The shorter the time of development, the shorter the period a developer maintains an app. Also, developers who spend a lot of time and effort working on an app are much more likely to support the app for a longer period



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