D'Anastasio, Cecilia (February 15, 2017). "For Twitch Streamers Who Spend Their Lives On Camera, It's Hard To Know When To Stop". Windows Phone Store grew swiftly given that its start and by February 2012, it experienced outgrown Blackberry App World with 70,000 applications available (a milestone that Blackberry App World passed in March 2012). In June 2012, soon after twenty months, Windows Phone Marketplace has reached 100,000 apps.