A slew of banks are coming together to back a new roll-up strategy for the Los Angeles-based mobile gaming studio, Jam City and giving the company $145 million in new funding to carry that out. There’s no word on whether the new money is in equity or debt, but what is certain is that JPMorgan Chase […]
View More Consolidation is coming to gaming, and Jam City raises $145 million to capitalize on itCategory: App Annie
App downloads across iOS & Google Play up 10% to 113B in 2018, consumer spend tops $76B
The app economy is continuing to grow, both in terms of app downloads and consumer spending. According to preliminary year-end data shared by App Annie, it’s predicting the number of global app downloads in 2018 will surpass 113 billion, up 10 percent from last year. Consumer spending in apps has grown even quicker — it’s […]
View More App downloads across iOS & Google Play up 10% to 113B in 2018, consumer spend tops $76BApp stores to pass $122B in 2019, with gaming and subscriptions driving growth
Mobile intelligence and data firm App Annie is today releasing its 2019 predictions for the worldwide app economy, including its forecast around consumer spending, gaming, the subscription market and other highlights. Most notably, it expects the worldwide gross consumer spend in apps — meaning before the app stores take their own cut — to surpass […]
View More App stores to pass $122B in 2019, with gaming and subscriptions driving growthA look at the Android Market (aka Google Play) on its 10th Anniversary
Google Play has generated more than twice the downloads of the iOS App Store, reaching a 70% share of worldwide downloads in 2017, according to a new report from App Annie, released in conjunction with the 10th anniversary of the Android Market, now called Google Play. The report also examined the state of Google Play’s […]
View More A look at the Android Market (aka Google Play) on its 10th AnniversaryThe World Cup led to a record-breaking number of app downloads and consumer spend in Q2
The second quarter of 2018 was another record-breaker for mobile app downloads and revenue. According to a new report this week from App Annie, there were over 28.4 billion app downloads worldwide across both iOS and Google Play in the quarter, up 15 percent year-over-year. That number is even more remarkable because it doesn’t include […]
View More The World Cup led to a record-breaking number of app downloads and consumer spend in Q2These are the top iPhone apps of all time
Ahead of the 10th anniversary of the iOS App Store on July 11th, App Annie has today released a retrospective of the top iOS apps of all time, along with key milestones in App Store history. Its report tallies up the top apps of all time by both downloads and revenue, as well as the […]
View More These are the top iPhone apps of all timeiOS App Store has seen over 170B downloads, over $130B in revenue since July 2010
The App Store has seen over 170 billion downloads over the past decade, totaling over $130 billion in consumer spend. This data was shared this morning by app intelligence firm App Annie, which is marking the App Store’s 10th Anniversary with a look back on the store’s growth and the larger trends it’s seen. These […]
View More iOS App Store has seen over 170B downloads, over $130B in revenue since July 2010Tencent leads $50M investment in NewsDog, an app vying to be India’s Toutiao
The growth of China’s Bytedance, an ambitious $30 billion tech firm, and its highly-addictive Toutiao news aggregator app has set off a search for services with similar growth potential across the world. India, second in population only to China with rapidly-growing internet access, is an obvious place to look, and would-be pretender to the Toutiao […]
View More Tencent leads $50M investment in NewsDog, an app vying to be India’s ToutiaoApp downloads and revenue again broke records in the first quarter of 2018
Global app downloads and consumer spending in apps had yet another record quarter, according to a new report from App Annie, out on Monday. In the first quarter of 2018, iOS and Google Play downloads grew more than 10 percent year-over-year to reach 27.5 billion – the highest figure to date. In addition, consumer spending […]
View More App downloads and revenue again broke records in the first quarter of 2018Google Play hit record 19 billion+ downloads in Q4 2017, its highest quarter ever
Smartphone adoption in emerging markets just delivered the highest number of app downloads Google Play has ever seen in a quarter. According to today’s report from App Annie, Google Play app downloads topped 19 billion in Q4 2017, a new record. That also makes Google Play’s download lead over iOS its largest ever, at 145 percent. Specifically, the downloads were driven by… Read More
Global app downloads topped 175 billion in 2017, revenue surpassed $86 billion
Global app downloads topped 175 billion and consumer spending exceeded $86 billion in 2017, thanks to growth in emerging markets including China, India, Brazil and Russia, according to a new report from App Annie out this morning. Notably, India …
View More Global app downloads topped 175 billion in 2017, revenue surpassed $86 billionConsumer spending across app stores worldwide to top $110 billion in 2018
Consumer spending on all mobile app stores will surpass $110 billion in 2018, according to a new report from App Annie, out today, which forecasts the state of the app ecosystem for next year. The $110 billion figure represents a 30 percent incre…
View More Consumer spending across app stores worldwide to top $110 billion in 2018