Did you download apps on your new gadget last week? You're not alone. According to data from mobile analytics firm Flurry, people downloaded 1.2 billion iOS and Android apps between Dec. 25 and Dec. 31.
The week before Christmas, from Dec. 18 to Dec. 24, was already a record-breaking period, with approximately 857 million app downloads. But after everyone unwrapped their new smartphones and tablets on Christmas morning, that record was quickly broken.
"The final week of the year, between Christmas and New Year's Day, grew by 60 percent over the early-December baseline, historically punching through the billion download barrier for the first time ever to deliver 1.2 billion downloads," Flurry said in a blog post.
Most of those activations, or 509 million, came from the United States, followed by China with 99 million and the U.K. with 81 million. Rounding out the top five were Canada (41 million) as well as Germany and France, which both saw 40 million downloads.
Christmas Day was the largest single-activation day of the year, with 242 million downloads, Flurry revealed last week, up from an average of 108 million per day during the first 20 days of December and 150 million on Christmas Eve.
Flurry tracked approximately 6.8 million iOS and Android device activations during the last week of December, meanwhile. Last week, Google revealed that there were 3.7 million Android activations on Dec. 24 and Dec. 25.
Still not sure what to download? Check out PCMag's roundup of the best apps for your new smartphone or Kindle Fire or Nook device.