The company revealed that it has 40 full-time reviewers who examine more than 8,000 applications each week, and that each application is checked by two individuals to ensure "that the review process is applied uniformly". http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2009/aug/22/google-apple-iphone Assume 40 hours a week that's 1600 work hours or 96,000 minutes. (Taking no account for breaks, meals) 8000 apps is one app every 12 minutes. But each app is checked twice, so that's 6 minutes per app. But........ it depends what you mean by "examine" because it doesn't say 'check' or 'approve' or any other word that implies actual activity.