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Insights 3 days ago

No More TikTok - This is Where TikTokers Are Going

It's official, TikTok is banned in the US and has been removed from the App Store and Google Play along with CapCut and ...


Insights 3 days ago

A VPN Won't Help You Get on TikTok, But That's Not Stopping the Downloads!

TikTok's ban went into effect a few hours ago which means it was completely removed from the App Store and Google Play, ...


Insights 3 days ago

Elon's ChatGPT Competitor Finally Got Its Own App

Grok, X's AI, has finally landed as a standlone app in the US. I've been waiting for this since the model opened up thro...


Insights 3 days ago

Not the Christmas I Expected... Here Are the Most Downloaded Games in December

The most important month for games is behind us, so I crunched the numbers and ranked the winners and losers of this Chr...


Insights 3 days ago

Top Game Developers Earned Nearly $100M More in December - These Are the Highest Earning Games

December wasn't great for downloads, but if you remember the trend, revenue is going in the opposite direction, and if y...


Insights Jan. 10

How Much Will Creators Lose if TikTok is Banned?

The clock is ticking for TikTok, which is a short week away from getting banned in the US. It's now up to the Supreme Co...


Insights Jan. 10

The Dust Has Settled and Bluesky Still Has an Elon Problem...

Bluesky, the social media platform that managed to accomplish what others before it tried and failed - become the altern...


Insights Jan. 10

Mark is Just Trying to Keep Facebook Relevant...

Mark Zuckerberg announced last week that Facebook will be switching to community moderation of posts instead of handling...


Insights Jan. 10

Back in the Billions - The Highest Earning Apps in December

It's 2025, which means we have data to size up December - arguably the best month for many different types of apps and g...


Insights Jan. 10

Demand for Threads Drops Causing a Chart Shuffle - The Most Downloaded Apps in December

Unlike the amazing revenue growth apps saw in December, downloads followed a very different trend - the opposite kind. ...


Insights Jan. 3

ChatGPT's App Revenue Grew More Than 1,000% in 2024

It's hard to say 2024 wasn't the year of AI, and not just for the tech folks but for pretty much everyone. We can see th...


Insights Jan. 3

Hinge Beat Tinder and Bumble with 28% Revenue Growth Last Year

2024 was a rough year for the big dating apps. That's what it looked like a few months ago, at least. The rise of niche ...


Insights Jan. 3

Duolingo's Subscription Revenue Rose 567% in Four Years

Is your New Year's resolution to learn a new language? If so, you're not alone. That's where Duolingo, the now defacto g...


Insights Jan. 3

Streaming App Revenue Crossed $5B in 2024 - Here Are The Winners & Losers

The streaming race felt a bit cooler in early 2024, but looking at revenue for the top streamers, that's not at all true...


Insights Jan. 3

Users Spent a Record $25M via X's Mobile Apps in December

December is behind us, which means it's time to continue the monthly tradition and check in on X's revenue. I've been do...


Insights 12/27/24

Squid Game Unleashed Hits 3M Downloads in under Two Weeks

A new season of one of Netflix's best original shows, Squid Game, just dropped and with it a new mobile game called Squi...


Insights 12/27/24

Apple's Not Going to Like This - Meta Quest Sales Jumped 18% this December

I've been following the Meta Quest for several years now, using downloads of its companion app as a proxy for unit sales...


Insights 12/27/24

Is 3D Printing (Finally) Going Mainstream?

I got into 3D printing maaaaany years ago, and if you've done that too, you know how much tinkering is required. As much...


Insights 12/27/24

Infinity Nikki's Global March

Infinity Nikki, a new dress-up RPG from Papergames (which goes by Infold outside of China), has been turning heads ever ...


Insights 12/27/24

Netflix is Getting into Sports and It's Paying Off

Last month Netflix tried something new. The platform known for great shows such as Stranger Things streamed a boxing mat...


Insights 12/20/24

It Wasn't Just a Fad! Short Drama Apps Rallied in 2024

A new kind of app emerged last year and became very popular almost overnight, and while I expected its popularity to dro...


Insights 12/20/24

Home Automation Went Open Source in 2024 - A BIG Year for Home Assistant

Home Assistant is a home automation platform that's competing with the likes of SmartThings, Google Home, and even Apple...


Insights 12/20/24

TikTok's Last Hurrah? Lemon8 is Finally Getting Traction

It's tik tok time for TikTok. The platform has less than a month to sell its US operation to a local company or get bann...


Insights 12/20/24

It's Official, the King is Back! Here are the Most Downloaded Games in The World

We crunched the numbers and ranked the most downloaded games in the world in November. Lots of games moved in November, ...


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