--- title: Pixalate’s Q4 2022 Delisted Mobile Apps Report description: Pixalate’s Q4 2022 Delisted Mobile Apps Report reveals programmatic advertisers spent $45 million on apps delisted from the Google Play and Apple App stores in 2022. image: https://www.pixalate.com/hubfs/Pixalate%20-%20Q4%202022%20Delisted%20Mobile%20Apps%20Report.png --- [![pixalate-full-logo](https://www.pixalate.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Pixalate_Logos/pixalate-full-logo.jpg?width=150&height=60&name=pixalate-full-logo.jpg "pixalate-full-logo")](https://www.pixalate.com) Search **Menu** ** ** ![](https://www.pixalate.com/hubfs/Blog_Media/Blog%20photos/pixalate-blog-bg.png) [Company News](https://www.pixalate.com/blog/topic/company-news) | [Mobile Apps](https://www.pixalate.com/blog/topic/mobile-apps) | [Delisted Apps](https://www.pixalate.com/blog/topic/delisted-apps) | 3 min read # Pixalate’s Q4 2022 Delisted Mobile Apps Report: 275k Mobile Apps Removed From Google, Apple Stores, Bringing 2022 Total To 1.4 Million Delisted Apps Written by [Pixalate](https://www.pixalate.com/blog/author/pixalate) Feb 13, 2023 12:00:00 PM **Pixalate’s Q4 2022 Delisted Mobile Apps Report: 275k Mobile Apps Removed From Google, Apple Stores, Bringing 2022 Total To 1.4 Million Delisted Apps** *Programmatic advertisers spent $45 million on apps delisted from the Google Play and Apple App stores in 2022, according to Pixalate’s data* **LONDON, February 13, 2023** -- [Pixalate](https://www.pixalate.com/), the market-leading fraud protection, privacy, and compliance analytics platform for Connected TV (CTV) and Mobile Advertising, today released the [Q4 2022 Delisted Mobile Apps Report](https://www.pixalate.com/q4-2022-delisted-mobile-apps-report), containing insights about mobile apps removed from the Google Play Store and Apple App Store. The analysis helps developers and advertisers recognize potential threats of privacy, brand safety, and compliance breaches. Pixalate’s report reveals that 274,803 mobile apps were delisted in Q4 2022, a decrease of ~21% from the 349k+ delisted in Q3 2022. In total, Google and Apple combined delisted over 1.4 million apps in 2022, according to Pixalate’s data. However, delisted apps remain on user devices and can continue to run ads. Pixalate’s analysis reveals that programmatic advertisers spent $45 million on delisted apps in 2022.  **Key Findings: ** Pixalate’s Q4 2022 Delisted Mobile Apps Report reveals: - **1.4MM+ delisted apps **across Google (737k+), Apple app stores (699k+) in 2022. - In Q4 2022, **Apple delisted 8%** of all apps on their store (Google 4%). - **$45MM **estimated** programmatic ad spend **on delisted apps in Q4 2022. - Of apps delisted from the Apple App Store with programmatic ads, **97%+ **transmitted end-user location in ad bid stream. - **106k+ delisted apps** in 2022 were likely child-directed (60k from Apple and 46k from Google). Apple and Google have an important role to play in protecting consumers’ online privacy, part of which is setting and maintaining consumer privacy standards across the 5.2+ million apps available for download in their stores. While removing apps from a store prevents future downloads, those apps can remain installed on users’ devices and continue to collect personal information. In Q4 2022, Pixalate found 7.6% of the delisted apps had no privacy policy URL detected and that 93.5% of delisted apps with ads transmitted end-user location in ad bid stream, posing a potential opportunity for unchecked consumer tracking. **![](https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/ZL7rOAHKk5tKbKUlLrupKdCxWY-5017ayeT9J_yWRT4vK5a0PmgcsI5JZikc44IIZnqV1WFG_VP4yg1Jt08fYClyiL_W-Yra9wyILYUQVVPXZGw06--YhfNWZwY_EYdjTllfbaUN6YJA1oVB7Jz0U-s)** ![](https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/CxVjSaIWAt0sQaVcV3y9Kjed8hIOfSHxEV8cBSku-33q1syXp4512D5RfY6joZzMLoNI9bqkBT5csOSBSaz7d7fl5D9zukFiGKaVo5OeAn_li3BxprDXqd9NesBcvifWs4R1VfDKmjOblyX7fSAzwKU) The graphic above shows the top 10 most popular apps delisted from the Google Play Store and Apple App Store in Q4 2022, and you can download the full report as well as a list of the top 200 most popular delisted apps from each app store below. [![Download the Report](https://no-cache.hubspot.com/cta/default/2364596/dd7e8580-4321-4e00-ab02-eb751b9540be.png)](https://cta-redirect.hubspot.com/cta/redirect/2364596/dd7e8580-4321-4e00-ab02-eb751b9540be) **What’s inside the report** Pixalate’s Q4 2022 Delisted Mobile Apps Report includes: - The scale of delisted apps dating back to Q1 2021 - Sensitive information shared by delisted apps with advertisers - Ad spend on delisted apps - Delisted apps broken down by how long since the app had last been updated - Likely child-directed apps that were delisted - Country of origin of delisted apps - Delisted apps by app category - List of the most popular delisted apps Download a copy of the Q4 2022 Delisted Mobile Apps Report for free [here](https://www.pixalate.com/q4-2022-delisted-mobile-apps-report). You will also be provided with a list of the top 200 most popular apps that were delisted in Q4 2022. **About Pixalate** Pixalate is the market-leading fraud protection, privacy, and compliance analytics platform for Connected TV (CTV) and Mobile Advertising. We work 24/7 to guard your reputation and grow your media value. Pixalate offers the only system of coordinated solutions across display, app, video, and OTT/CTV for better detection and elimination of ad fraud. Pixalate is an MRC-accredited service for the detection and filtration of sophisticated invalid traffic (SIVT) across desktop and mobile web, mobile in-app, and OTT/CTV advertising. 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