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Apple Software Release Statistics

Examine release density by month, platform, and coordinated release wave, separated into beta and stable tracks.

The last twelve months

Monthly release density

Bar height represents observed release records; color shows the stable and beta mix, with RC included in beta.

12-month records
277
Busiest month
Jul
Complete-month avg.
25
StableBeta

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31
Nov
25
Dec
1
Jan
Feb
7
Mar
32
Apr
31
May
28
Jun
40
Jul
36
Aug
39
Sep
7
Oct

Track mix by platform

Compare the stable and beta share of each platform's observed records, not only cumulative volume.

StableBeta
iPadOS88
iOS85
macOS61
visionOS57
watchOS54
tvOS51
Xcode36

Coordinated releases

Cross-platform release waves

The latest 12 active release dates show which platforms moved on the same day.

StableBeta

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DateiOSiPadOSmacOSwatchOStvOSvisionOSXcodeTotal
Oct 57
Sep 287
Sep 216
Sep 181
Sep 167
Sep 147
Sep 111
Sep 98
Sep 82
Aug 316
Aug 247
Aug 1712

432 release records tracked since OS 26 debuted at WWDC 2025.