Notion Exploded in Popularity Last Year
Have you switched to Notion? I have. When it comes to team collaboration, there are a whole bunch of options, but I'd...
Indeed Cements its Lead as the Most Popular Job Search App
The job market is in a very strange place right now. On the one hand, lots of people are moving around now that work f...
Why is EA Games Shutting Down Apex Legends Mobile?
Earlier this week, EA Games announced its decision to cancel Apex Legends Mobile, a game it released less than a year ...
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Paramount Has a New Plan to Beat Peacock - Will it Work?
Earlier this week, Paramount [announced](https://www.fiercevideo.com/video/paramount-merges-showtime-paramount) it wil...
Home Automation is Growing Beyond Tinkerers
Home automation, aka being able to turn your lights on from your phone, is quickly becoming mainstream. I say that not...
RIP Video Editors - The Most Downloaded Apps in December
I crunched the numbers and ranked the most downloaded apps in the world in December, and in case you want to jump ahea...
It (Finally) Happened - The Most Downloaded Games in December
Unlike apps, games saw the exact opposite trend in December with downloads moving up instead of down, in part thanks t...
Candy Crush is... Crashing - The Highest Earning Games in December
Let's continue with games and get the full picture. In addition to downloads, this week I also crunched the numbers an...
Lensa AI Slipped In - The Highest Earning Apps in December
And last in my rankings are the highest-earning apps in the US, which I also rounded up this week. And unlike all the ...
The Most Popular Non-Native Framework Isn't React Native (or Flutter)
Last week I shared a surprising insight about React Native that generated a lot of feedback. Thanks to everyone who sh...
Fewer Apps Built with React Native Shipped in 2022
The debate between native and non-native development has been raging for years. Some believe native development is the...
Six Months and $7,000,000 Later, Discord Acquires Gas.
Earlier this week, gamer-chat [Discord announced it's acquiring Gas](https://discord.com/blog/welcoming-gas-to-discord...
Meta Quest Holiday Sales Set a New Record
Christmas day is an interesting day in the App Store (and on Google Play). In addition to a bunch of Santa apps that r...
Is This the End of Crypto? Top Crypto App Downloads Dropped 65% in 2022
The end of crypto is here. Well, I'm not exactly sure about that. After all, Bitcoin did rise above 20K this week. B...
Snapchat Hits New App Revenue Milestone in December
I looked at the revenue of Snapchat, the in-app purchase Snap is using to (finally) monetize its app by offering early...
Twitter's App Revenue Grew a Whopping 1,829% in 2022
December is behind us, which means it's time to continue the tradition and look at Twitter's app revenue. Although re...
App Developers Slow Down in 2022
I'm working on a new report that digs into the evolution of the App Store and Google Play in 2022. It's not done yet, ...
More People Turned to Mobile Apps to Buy a Car Last Year Than Ever Before
Buying a car can be a pretty lengthy and not always simple experience. That's the status quo apps like Carvana were se...
Zoom Has a Problem Called Microsoft Teams
What do you use for meetings? I bet most of you are using Zoom, Slack, or Teams. Zoom doesn't exactly compete with Sla...
Disney Parks Are Back in Business
I love proxying IRL interactions through app downloads, and this week I have an interesting one for you. Using downlo...
Who's Still Downloading Facebook?
Is Facebook still a thing? If I had a penny for every time someone asked me that I'd be a lot of pennies richer... Bu...
Bumble and Hinge See Strong Growth in 2022, but Tinder is Hard to Beat
It's no longer a question - dating has fully moved in-app. Much like shopping and even fitness. Tinder has seen amaz...
Chrome Dominates Mobile Browsing Market with 48% Growth in 2022
Browsers, especially on mobile devices, are pretty boring. There's Safari on iPhone and Chrome on Android. Right? Not...
Headspace & Calm Forgo Downloads for Revenue in 2022
Meditation apps are a very interesting area to analyze. Before the pandemic, Calm, the most popular meditation app, sa...
