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Apple has more than 860 million subscribers

Apple’s services contributed to the delivery of potent content, cutting-edge apps, and revolutionary experiences that enriched customers’ lives in quite a number of ways. Apple did not show any signs of slowing down. Users began to re-discover the globe using the stunning new Apple Maps, while Apple News has helped keep people informed of significant changes in culture and news. Apple Fitness+ also encouraged users to lift, lunge, meditate and stretch their path to healthier days.

Apple Fitness+ has gained a lot of traction over the past couple of years. A huge bulk of the increase in its popularity is attributed to the onset of the pandemic. Millions of apps have been downloaded from the App Store, unlocking effective ways to communicate, collaborate, and connect. Dozens of ground-breaking pieces of original work from Apple TV+ have been broadcasted with friends and family nearby and abroad using SharePlay; several entertaining, classic, and new games have been on Apple Arcade have been widely enjoyed; and large numbers of applications from the App Store have been downloaded.

Strategy

Apple’s priorities are changing. Since iPhone sales have started to stagnate in recent years, Apple is now positioning its services division, which includes everything from the App Store to licensing agreements, as its next major area of revenue growth. Apple wants to sell users continuously, continuing subscriptions for services they can access on their phones more than before. This will have the ultimate effect of increasing their revenue.

Apple, a major player in technology, has above 860 million paying customers for all of its services, including Apple Music, iCloud, Apple TV+, Apple News, and more. The company’s Services saw a rise in consumer engagement throughout the quarter. Apple’s services division generated above 10.9 billion dollars in one quarter. This result has set records in every geographic category in the process. Additionally, Apple is on track to expand its services business. 

In comparison to Apple’s other business divisions, it is a sizable sum: services already generate more revenue every quarter than the iPad (6.7 billion US dollars), Mac (7.4 billion US dollars), or the combined “Home, Wearables, and Accessories” group (7.3 billion US dollars). And when Apple starts to push services harder and develops additional services to which customers may subscribe, the balance will probably only keep shifting.

Breaking records

So what is already generating all of that revenue from services, and how healthy are those companies? It is not possible to determine the financial performance of particular Apple services to a large extent since Apple does not disclose this information. Services produced a record quarter of revenue of 19.6 billion UD dollars, up 12 percent. The record-breaking performance of their services portfolio illustrates the strength of their ecosystem on the number of fronts, including every major product and geographic category of their installed base has increased, hitting an all-time high.

They continue to enhance the depth and caliber of our current Service offerings, from a continuous stream of new content on Apple Arcade and Apple TV+ to amazing new capabilities they recently announced for Apple Music and iCloud, which they believe their consumers will appreciate. 250 wins and more than 1,100 award nominations had been made for Apple TV+ in the two a half years since its debut.

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