It's no secret that the mobile app industry is bursting at the seams.

Even so, it would be lazy of us to assume that all the hullabaloo around mobile is legitimate without researching the topic ourselves. In an effort to nail down some hard statistics in an industry that has been overtaken by intoxicating buzz, we conducted a survey of more than 1,000 developers and testers throughout last three months of 2013.

The infographic below features SmartBear's original data, which highlights just how prevalent the demand for high quality mobile apps really is.

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• When Will Testing Actually become Mobile?