Google Play and Android contributed almost ₹4 lakh crore in revenue to the Indian economy in 2024, as per a report by economics, policy, and opinion research consultancy, Public First.
With the country’s digital revolution being transformed by rapid smartphone adoption, affordable data, and a vibrant ecosystem of developers and entrepreneurs, India’s digital economy is on its way to becoming the largest and fastest-growing in the world, the report said.
“In 2024, the Play and Android ecosystem generated ₹4 lakh crore in revenue for app publishers and the wider economy in India,” the report stated.
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Measuring the impact and contribution of Google Play and Android to the country’s economic landscape, it was discovered that more than thirty-five direct, indirect, and spill-over jobs were created by Google Play and Android.
Android, the world’s most widely used mobile operating system, is utilised in a wide array of devices including smartphones, tablets, laptops, and other smart technology produced by a range of companies.
Google Play, meanwhile, is the official app store and digital distribution service for Android services.
India represents the second largest number of active developers registered on Google Play and over 10 lakh developer jobs, nearly 79 per cent of the app developers are overseas users, data reveals.
The total app downloads from the Play Store for Indian developers stood at 720 crore, with 600 crore from domestic users and 120 crore from overseas users.
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