Google have announced this week that the Android Market has reached its ten billionth app download. The popularity of the Android Market appears to be expanding at a phenomenal rate as 70% of total downloads have been obtained in the last 9 months. With no signs of slowing down, it’s expected the Android Market will soon see a regular 1 billion downloads per month; a figure which took 22 months to achieve the first billion.

The success of the Android Market is largely down to the huge availability of manufacturers offering the OS on their smartphones. With 52.5% of smartphone users operating on Android, the Market is accessible to more smartphone users than any other store.

Android still have some way to go before overtaking Apple as the leading app provider. The App Store announced their 15 billionth download in July earlier this year. With no recent announcement of Apples 20 billionth download, it can be implied the Android Market is fast catching App Store and could overtake for the top spot as early as next year.

To celebrate the success of the Android Market, Google have announced they will showcase 10 different apps per day for a bargain 10 pence price tag. With classic apps such as Minecraft and Fruit Ninja already released as part of the celebrations, next week seems the perfect opportunity to get the hottest apps onto your Android smartphone or tablet device.

To find out which apps are currently 10 pence, visit the Android Market. Alternatively find out more about Android smartphones here.