The Android Authority conducted a survey among Android users to find out how many of them use itExternal
It turned out that 5.28% of participants use only third-party stores, 42.49% use both Google Play and other app stores. But 52.24% download games and applications only from the Play Market.
Among those who only use third-partyapp stores, a large proportion of Huawei smartphone users. The branded App Gallery store is the only download source. A similar situation exists for users of Chinese smartphones with "local" firmware, which by default do not have any Google services built into them.
It also turned out that some users use modified versions of paid applications that can be found in other services.