Most popular, most profitable and most competitive software markets
Downlad.com is one of the most popular software archives. It generates from 10% to 90% of all downloads for each of the software vendors. We analyzed information about 29,811 software products (all software except games and products for Mac) to find most popular, most profitable and most competitive software markets.
"Category" column shows you download.com category, "Downloads" column shows you a number of downloads/week, "Sales" is a sales/week estimation (number_of_downloads*product_price/100).
Category
Downloads
Security
5,693,944
Audio & Video Software
4,637,409
Internet
1,850,216
Utilities
1,781,572
Design & Photo
1,126,278
Business
352,117
Developer Tools
344,377
Home & Education
266,380
Misc
103,846
IS/IT
87,094
Desktop Enhancements
86,189
Total:
16,329,422
Table 1. Number of downloads of free and commercial products get.
Category
Downloads
Security
3,794,256
Audio & Video Software
3,514,239
Internet
1,310,586
Design & Photo
702,921
Utilities
409,208
Developer Tools
189,052
Home & Education
148,743
Business
116,790
Desktop Enhancements
62,428
Misc
30,750
IS/IT
14,260
Total:
10,293,233
Table 2. Number of downloads of free products.
Category
Downloads
Security
1,899,688
Utilities
1,372,364
Audio & Video Software
1,123,170
Internet
539,630
Design & Photo
423,357
Business
235,327
Developer Tools
155,325
Home & Education
117,637
Misc
73,096
IS/IT
72,834
Desktop Enhancements
23,761
Total:
6,036,189
Table 3. Number of downloads of commercial products.
Category
Products
Business
5,179
Developer Tools
4,287
Home & Education
4,260
Utilities
3,790
Audio & Video Software
3,017
Internet
2,899
Design & Photo
2,375
Security
2,269
Misc
701
IS/IT
698
Desktop Enhancements
336
Total:
29,811
Table 4. Number of products (both free and commerical).
Category
Products
Internet
1,500
Home & Education
1,316
Developer Tools
1,127
Utilities
981
Business
942
Audio & Video Software
862
Security
596
Design & Photo
487
Desktop Enhancements
223
IS/IT
170
Misc
164
Total:
8,368
Table 5. Number of free products.
Category
Products
Business
4,237
Developer Tools
3,160
Home & Education
2,944
Utilities
2,809
Audio & Video Software
2,155
Design & Photo
1,888
Security
1,673
Internet
1,399
Misc
537
IS/IT
528
Desktop Enhancements
113
Total:
21,443
Table 6. Number of commercial products.
Category
Percentage
Desktop Enhancements
66.4%
Internet
51.7%
Home & Education
30.9%
Audio & Video Software
28.6%
Developer Tools
26.3%
Security
26.3%
Utilities
25.9%
IS/IT
24.4%
Misc
23.4%
Design & Photo
20.5%
Business
18.2%
Max:
66.4%
Table 7. Percentage of free products.
Category
Percentage
Business
81.8%
Design & Photo
79.5%
Misc
76.6%
IS/IT
75.6%
Utilities
74.1%
Security
73.7%
Developer Tools
73.7%
Audio & Video Software
71.4%
Home & Education
69.1%
Internet
48.3%
Desktop Enhancements
33.6%
Max:
81.8%
Table 8. Percentage of commercial products.
Category
Downloads
Security
2,509
Audio & Video Software
1,537
Internet
638
Design & Photo
474
Utilities
470
Desktop Enhancements
257
Misc
148
IS/IT
125
Developer Tools
80
Business
68
Home & Education
63
Max:
2,509
Table 9. Average number of downloads per product.
Category
Downloads
Security
6,366
Audio & Video Software
4,077
Design & Photo
1,443
Internet
874
Utilities
417
Desktop Enhancements
280
Misc
188
Developer Tools
168
Business
124
Home & Education
113
IS/IT
84
Max:
6,366
Table 10. Average number of downloads per free product.
Category
Downloads
Security
1,135
Audio & Video Software
521
Utilities
489
Internet
386
Design & Photo
224
Desktop Enhancements
210
IS/IT
138
Misc
136
Business
56
Developer Tools
49
Home & Education
40
Max:
1,135
Table 11. Average number of downloads per commerical product.
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