Google says it prevented over 1.75 million policy-violating apps from being published on Google Play during 2025, while banning more than 80,000 “bad developer” accounts that attempted to publish harmful apps, according to its latest report.
In addition, Google says it prevented over 255,000 apps from getting excessive access to sensitive user data. The tech giant chalked up its success in keeping the Play Store clean to initiatives like developer verification, something that has…

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