Add mobile apps to the list of things that China is adopting in a big way.

Since January, the world’s most populous country has been on a tear downloading and using mobile applications, according to mobile analytics firm Flurry. China now ranks behind the United States in app usage.

This comes as no surprise to anyone who has followed the excitement surrounding the Apple iPhone’s foray into China via Apple stores–both real and fake. And yet Apple is only a bit player in China, owning just 16% of the smartphone market and 3% of the overall mobile phone market, according to Gartner.

China has the most cellphone users in the world, with over 952 million users according to statistics released by China’s Ministry of Industry last week.

What floored Flurry’s Peter Farago who wrote a blog post on the findings, is the rate of adoption. Since January, China has clocked an 870% increase in mobile app usage. This is four times the growth rate experienced by the top 100 countries in mobile usage.
 

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