Android Ecosystem Security
Google's Android ecosystem security Transparency Report: the rate of Potentially Harmful Applications (PHA) — malware — on Android devices and in Google Play. A tidy-long dataset covering five cuts: PHA rates on devices (by market type and by Android version), and PHA install rates on Google Play (overall, by country, and by malware category). Values are rates, not counts — a PHA rate is a fraction of installs or devices — so this page reports averages and shares, never sums.
Trends
Interactive views of the reported PHA rates. Each chart has a text alternative for screen readers. Rates are shown as a percentage of devices or installs.
PHA rate by Android version over time
Percentage of devices, by Android version, with at least one potentially harmful application installed, per quarter.
PHA rate on devices by market type
Average percentage of devices with a PHA installed — consumer vs. enterprise devices with Google Play Protect.
PHA install rate by country
Average percentage of Google Play installs that were PHAs, across the top-volume Android markets.
PHA installs by malware category
Each malware category's average share of PHA installs from Google Play (shares sum to 100% within a quarter).
Malware categories by install rate
Average PHA install rate from Google Play by malware category, all quarters combined.
What the report covers
The number of reported values in each cut of the dataset. Counts of rows, not summed quantities.
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