Ultra popular augmented reality game Pokémon Go set a new App Store record during its first week of availability, seeing more first week downloads than any other app in App Store history. Apple unveiled the statistic to iMore‘s Rene Ritchie this morning.
According to Apple, #PokemonGo has set an @AppStore record with more downloads in its first week than any other app in the Store’s history.
— Rene Ritchie (@reneritchie) July 22, 2016
Pokémon Go was first released in Australia, New Zealand, and the United States on July 5, rolling out to other countries over the course of the next two weeks. Pokémon Go is now available in 30 countries around the world.