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Ahead of WWDC, Apple says App Store blocked $2B in fraud transactions last year, $9B in past 5 years
Apple said it has prevented more than $9 billion in fraudulent transactions over the past five years, $2 billion of which it blocked in 2024.
The release of these metrics, in the days before Apple’s annual Worldwide Developer Conference (WWDC 2025), aren’t just meant to highlight the benefits of selling software on the App Store. Demonstrating the scale of its operation, Apple said it prevented over $2 billion in fraudulent transactions in 2024 alone across its App Store, which is live in 175 regions globally and sees an average of more than 813 million visitors per week. Image Credits: AppleThe iPhone maker also reminded developers that transaction fraud isn’t the only kind of risk that Apple protects against, noting that bad actors try to exploit users in other ways, like stealing personal data, creating fraudulent accounts, and pirating apps, among other things.
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