Black Friday Download Trends Signal a New Era in Mobile Shopping
Black Friday felt different this year. Not bad, with US downloads in the Shopping category rising 10 in November vs. las...
The App Store Just Logged Its Biggest Release Year in Nearly a Decade
After years of decline, 2025 marks a dramatic reversal: the App Store is experiencing its biggest wave of new app releas...
LinkedIn Leaps Towards a $1B Year
While most social media platforms chase engagement metrics and struggle with monetization, LinkedIn has quietly become t...
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X's App Revenue Rose 48% in 2025 Despite Growth Challenges
It's time for my monthly check-in on (https://appfigures.com/reports/app-profile?iduazG5Ecw)[X]'s mobile revenue, and th...
The App That's Leading The DIY Smart Home Revolution
While tech giants like Google, Amazon, and Apple dominate the smart home market with closed ecosystems, an open-source a...
ChatGPT Earned WHAT? - The Highest-Earning Apps in October
I ranked the highest earning apps in the world in October and I'm happy to share, app revenue rose in October. Yes, Tik...
ChatGPT's 10-Month Reign Continues - The Most Downloaded Apps in October
I crunched the numbers and rounded up the most downloaded apps in the world for October and the trend that started back ...
AI Apps Break Revenue Records (And It's Not Just ChatGPT)
It feels like everything interesting in the app world is centered around AI right now it's because that's not wrong. AI ...
The Music Apps You're Not Using Just Hit $106M
While Apple Music and Spotify battle it out for supremacy, a quieter revolution is happening in music streaming. Non-tra...
Is There a Reason To Ship a Paid App in 2026?
Short answer. No. I recently said that on LinkedIn and got a ton of comments. Those who tried agreed while others said ...
How Peacock Became the Streaming Underdog That Could
The streaming wars have entered their chaos era. Disney is locked in a standoff with Apple that's blocking many from sig...
Etsy's Marketplace Has how Many Sellers???
How many sellers do you think are on Etsy? I recently discovered Etsy's sellers app, and if you've been following the n...
Can X Outdo Its Last Black Friday Campaign? It Needs To!
I forgot to check in on X's revenue last month. Too many interesting trends and not enough newsletters. So in this one I...
Spending Warmed Up in October – The Highest-Earning Mobile Games in the World
Good news for game developers: October showed signs of recovery for revenue, as player spending rebounded from September...
Back on the Rise – The Most Downloaded Mobile Games in the World
After a slower September, downloads picked up again in October, and puzzle fans led the charge. The month's rankings sa...
Users Show AI for Music is Magical With Their Wallets
AI music has been mostly novelty until now. Suno is producing songs that sound surprisingly real, the kind you'd actual...
Mainstream Dating Apps Hit New All-Time Highs for the First Time in a Long Time
The dating app charts have been pretty predictable for years: Tinder Bumble Hinge. To my surprise, that changed this s...
Kick's Relaxed Moderation Leads to a 37% Increase in Monthly Revenue
A few weeks ago, an app I didn't recognize rose to the top of the US charts. Kick, a Twitch competitor from Australia, ...
Snapchat's Revenue is Still Growing - October Was the Best Month Ever!
Snapchat just had its biggest month of revenue ever! I've been following the app's revenue journey since Snap started o...
Four Months In, How's ElevenLabs' AI Voice Changer Doing?
AI can write, code, and draw, and with ElevenLabs, it's finding its voice. Arguably the most realistic voice generator,...
Instagram's Battle with TikTok Expands and TikTok's Hurting
CapCut has become synonymous with short-form video editing thanks to its deep ties to TikTok, its owner. For years, it's...
The Spilling Continues! Tea Crosses 6M Downloads
Tea, a type of a social network to protect women who date online, went from being an unknown 3-year-old app with just a ...
Claude is a Money-Making Machine! Well, Kind Of
Claude, Anthropic's AI Assistant, doesn't have the same name recognition as ChatGPT, Grok, or even Perplexity. In terms ...
Can Games Recover After the Summer Rush? Here Are the Most Downloaded Mobile Games in the World
I crunched the numbers and ranked the most downloaded mobile games in September, which was one of the busiest months in ...
