The graphs that this article uses as sources for app store releases are just stock images from Statistica and not the real numbers - looks like that's hidden behind a paywall.

The reason I think so is because I wanted to write a follow-up post, and checked the numbers - for instance, the graph for the Play Store peaks at 140000 app released per month, but all the references I found on the internet were much lower.

I then hunted around for other sources of app store data and found appfigures, which had a free trail. I did a bit of querying and I am seeing a noticeable uptick in number of apps released since around March 2025 (from around 20000 to 35000 for Google and 17000 to 30000 for iOS).

In terms of new GITHUB public repositories, the numbers look correct - so I agree with them there - no uptick in new open source repos in the AI era so far.