There were a lot of smartphone and tablet activations over Christmas, but Flurry Analytics have some interesting numbers when it comes to App downloads over the Christmas week. Over 1.2 billion (with a B) were downloaded onto mobile devices, worldwide.

This number beats the previous record set for most apps downloads in a single week by an astounding 70-percent. Records for app downloads are usually cemented into history during the Christmas week, as most people are gifted a device in mass numbers during this time.

With nearly 7 million iOS and Android-powered devices activated on just December 24 and 25, Flurry Analytics estimate that over 20 million devices were activated. Out of the 1.2 billion apps downloaded between December 25 and 31, Christmas Day itself was quite popular with an amazing 242 million app downloads.

Three countries made up nearly 50-percent of the 1.2 billion downloads, with the U.S. raking in 509 million by itself, China in second place with 99 million and the U.K. snagged 81 million.