India ranked at number 3 in overall Google Play 2015 worldwide downloads, according to the App Annie 2015 Retrospective report. However, the country did not make it in the top 10 list of countries by revenues, whereas significantly smaller markets like Hong Kong, Taiwan and Japan made the list. Taxi services: India had the highest growth worldwide based on the number of taxi app installs on Android. According to the report, around 28% of the users in the country have at least one major ridesharing/taxi app on their phone, with the most popular app being Ola Cabs. Developed markets such as the US and South Korea had figures of less than 10%. For iPhone, China, Mexico and Brazil led the growth as over 20% of iPhone users in these countries used a ridesharing/taxi app. Developed countries like the US and Germany lagged in this sector with less than 10% growth on iPhones as well. Streaming: Saavn was the top music streaming app by active users on iPhone and Android combined for 2015 in India. As expected, Spotify led in Europe, America and Australia. Mobile commerce: In India, app installs for mobile commerce grew 260% from 2014 to 2015 as the App Annie index number of 200 went up to 520 for iOS and Android combined. The index numbers for the US, Japan and UK were significantly lower at ~420, ~100 and ~90 respectively. Interestingly, the report mentions that while a significant portion of sales in the US, UK and Japan…
