### Apple Outlines How the App Store Shields Users and Developers
As Apple’s annual developer conference approaches next month, the firm has released an update on the App Store’s role in providing protection for both users and developers. Apple presented a comprehensive summary detailing the measures it employs to safeguard its ecosystem, noting that the App Store now sees more than 850 million weekly users across 175 storefronts.
Apple asserts that this initiative necessitates ongoing enhancements and innovation. In their press statement, the company remarked:
> “With the growth of the digital landscape, malicious entities are continually adapting their strategies, frequently employing deceptive methods to target consumers and legitimate businesses. To stay ahead of these issues, Apple consistently upgrades its multilayered safeguards, using a blend of expert human oversight and cutting-edge machine learning technology to recognize and prevent harmful activities.”
#### Important Data Points from 2025
In 2025, Apple disclosed considerable progress in protecting users and developers, which included:
– **Prevented more than $2.2 billion in potentially fraudulent transactions.**
– **Rejected over 2 million problematic app submissions** to hinder bad actors from propagating harmful software.
– **Blocked 1.1 billion fraudulent customer account creations** through its systems.
– **Deactivated 40.4 million customer accounts** due to fraud and abuse.
– **Cancelled 193,000 developer accounts** over fraud issues and turned down more than 138,000 developer registrations.
– **Identified and blocked 28,000 illicit apps** on pirate storefronts, including malware, pornography apps, gambling apps, and pirated versions of legitimate App Store apps.
– **App Review assessed more than 9.1 million app submissions.**
– **Welcomed over 306,000 new developers** to the platform.
– **Removed nearly 59,000 apps** that were involved in bait-and-switch financial fraud schemes.
– **Rejected over 22,000 submissions** for featuring hidden or undocumented attributes; over 371,000 submissions that duplicated other apps, were identified as spam, or otherwise misled users; and over 443,000 submissions due to privacy infringements.
– **Spotted and prevented nearly 195 million fraudulent ratings and reviews** from being published.
For further information and recent updates on Apple’s efforts concerning the App Store, you can read the complete article [here](https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2026/05/the-app-store-stopped-over-2-point-2-billion-usd-in-fraudulent-transactions-in-2025/).