Google Play removed 700,000 bad apps in 2017, 70% more than in 2016

Google today shared details of Google Play’s efforts to protect Android users with its teams of engineers, policy experts, product managers, and operations professionals that monitor the store for misleading, inappropriate, or harmful apps. In 2017, Google removed more than 700,000 apps that violated Google Play’s policies, or 70 percent more apps than the year before.
Google does not share total Google Play app numbers anymore, so we have to rely on third-party estimates to put this