Google rejected nearly two million Android apps and blocked more than 80,000 developer accounts from Google Play in 2025

• Google says it blocked 1.75m apps and 80,000 bad developer accounts in 2025
• Play Protect scanned 350bn apps daily, flagging 27m malicious apps outside Play Store
• GenAI models boosted app review process, finding complex malicious patterns faster

Google has revealed it rejected 1.75 million apps from the Play Store for violating its policies in 2025, as well as banning more than 80,000 “bad developer accounts” whichsought to publish harmful apps, and blocked 255,000 apps from gaining access to sensitive user data.

In its annual review of Android and Google Play security, the company said initiatives like developer verification, mandatory pre-review checks, and testing requirements “significantly reduced” the paths for bad actors to enter, and have “raised the bar” for the Google Play ecosystem.

Throughout 2025, Google Play ran more than 10,000 safety checks on every app that was published, and these safety checks continue ...