With all the micro-SaaS proliferation, how many apps will employees be using?

According to a Gartner survey, the average employee was using about 11 applications 15 months ago.✤ 11 already seems like a lot, but how much do you think has this number changed in the recent months? Unless I am mistaken, the micro-SaaS Cambrian explosion dates from after that survey. 𝘐 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘘𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘶𝘮.𝘯𝘦𝘵 𝘗𝘢𝘢𝘚 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘐 𝘢𝘮 𝘭𝘢𝘶𝘯𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘰𝘯 𝘚𝘦𝘱𝘵 13𝘵𝘩 𝘪𝘴 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘴𝘰𝘭𝘶𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘰 𝘢𝘱𝘱 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯, 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘘𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘶𝘮 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘸𝘦𝘣 𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘰𝘳𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘚𝘢𝘢𝘚 𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 (𝘢𝘴 𝘪𝘵 𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘯𝘴 𝘰𝘶𝘵, 𝘙𝘌𝘚𝘛/𝘎𝘳𝘢𝘱𝘩𝘘𝘓 𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘯'𝘵 𝘦𝘯𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘥𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵). 𝘚𝘰 𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘢𝘯 𝘦𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘰𝘺𝘦𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘭𝘦 𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬. — ✤ https://www.gartner.com/en/newsroom/press-releases/2023-05-10-gartner-survey-reveals-47-percent-of-digital-workers-struggle-to-find-the-information-needed-to-effectively-perform-their-jobs#:~:text=According%20to%20the%20survey%2C%20the,or%20more%20applications%20at%20work.