It Finally Happened! The Highest-Earning Apps in the World in October
I'm going to start this in reverse because the thing we've been waiting to happen has finally happened. If you've been f...
A Few New Faces! The Most Downloaded Apps in the World in October
October is behind us so we crunched the numbers and ranked the most downloaded mobile apps in the world. While I don't h...
Coinbase Hits 2024 Downloads Peak as Bitcoin's Value Explodes
It's been a wild couple of weeks for Bitcoin, which saw its price rise to more than 90K! Just when you thought people mo...
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This Is What Happens When an App Doubls Its Price
Robokiller is the highest earning app of its kind. Our estimates show users spent 3.8M in-app in October - the most reve...
Breaking: The News Apps That Grew the Most on Election Day
There's been a lot of talk of people leaving major news outlets for the likes of X and Bluesky, but election week downlo...
The Numbers Behind Kalshi's and Polymarket's Mobile Surge
Election day has come and past and to say this time around was aaaaaaall different would be an understatement. Something...
X's Mobile Revenue is At an All-Time High
X was at the center of this election cycle. I know some of you love it and some hate it so I won't touch on anything rel...
Most Streaming Apps Aren't Growing - One Winner Surprised Me
I've been watching Disney and Hulu since the announcement that they're no longer taking new subscribers through the App ...
CapCut's Eating Up Video Editor Market Share
The last couple of years have been a rough year for video editing apps. I'm not talking about the 30 drop in demand or t...
A Record-Breaking October for ChatGPT
Over the past two years, ChatGPT has become more than just a helpful AI companion - it's turned into a revenue powerhous...
Non-Native Development Trends - Will React Native's New Architecture Take the Lead Away from Flutter?
Meta has recently released the New Architecture for React Native, a project that started back in 2018 to make React Nati...
Does Anyone Need an AI Browser? Arc Goes into the Ice Box...
A few days ago The Browser Company announced it's putting Arc, the AI browser they released just a few months ago, into ...
Bluesky Gets Serious and Raises $15M - But I See a Problem
It's been a very interesting time for Bluesky, the other twitter, recently. The platform opened up in February, and afte...
Disney Pulled a Netflix and Won't Take New Mobile Subscriptions - How Much Will They Lose?
Disney and Hulu have stopped letting iPhone users subscribe through their mobile apps. The internet seems to align this ...
How Big is Character AI, the Companion App That's Getting Sued Right Now?
Character AI is one of the biggest companion AI apps right now. In fact, our App Intelligence shows it's 4th in download...
Where's the Money? Comparing Revenue on the App Store and Google Play
One of the questions I get asked most often is quot;should I build for the App Store and Google Play?quot;. And while th...
Monopoly Go Takes Over DNF Mobile’s Ranking Real Estate - The Highest Earning Games in the World
Its that time again time to set down our controllers, roll up our sleeves, and crunch some digits to discuss what happe...
A Shakeup Sends Subway Surfers Back on Top - The Most Downloaded Games in the World
The estimates are in and Septembers most downloaded mobile games have been revealed. And instead of another seriously st...
ChatGPT isn't the Only AI App That's Growing its Revenue
When many think of an quot;AI appquot; they likely think of ChatGPT, which explains the incredible revenue growth the ap...
The App That Helped Nearly 500K People During a Hurricane
Even before hurricane Milton hit Florida, it managed to cause chaos. With so many people evacuating gas stations ran out...
Subscription App Revenue Is at an All-Time High
I recently gave a keynote at the App Promotion Summit about the state of mobile apps. My overall theme was to highlight ...
The Rankings Unchanged, But Revenue Soars - The Highest Earning Apps in the World in September
The data has been analyzed, and the top earners across the iOS App Store and Google Play for September 2024 are ready to...
The Dip Continues - The Most Downloaded Apps in the World in September
Looking at last month's estimates for new app installs, we see a contrasting trend from app revenue continue. Let's go o...
ChatGPT Crossed a Revenue Milestone and (Re)Started a Gold Rush
ChatGPT is one of the fastest-growing apps on the App Store (and even Google Play). It should come as no surprise that S...
