This Week in Apps - Growing Fast
#174 - Pokemon Sleep just launched and is already the leader of its category, which country produces more mobile games, Monopoly Go's amazing revenue growth, and more!
Pokemon Sleep Crosses 2,000,000 Downloads
Snorlax is a sleepy Pokemon and also the icon of a new app, not a game, that uses the Pokemon brand to track your sleepi...
Which Countries Publish the Most Mobile Games?
I analyzed all of the mobile games on the App Store and Google Play to answer a simple question - which countries publis...
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India Taxes Game Developers - How Much Will They Lose?
Earlier this month, the government of India announced it would soon impose a 28 tax on all betting games. This sent shoc...
This Week in Apps - Out of Gas
#173 - ChatGPT's mobile apps is two months old, where's Reddit without Apollo, India's new gambling tax, and more!
This Latest TikTok Success Story Grew Revenue 5x in a Week
Threads, Instagram's Twitter clone became the 1 app in the App Store on launch and seemed like it would be there for a l...
This Week in Apps - Let's Go Viral
#172 - TikTok's latest viral app made a lot of money, Amazon Prime Day, apps by downloads, and more!
By the Numbers: Analyzing App Downloads in the App Store and Google Play
How many apps get a thousand downloads a month? How about 100, or a million? That's the kind of question I get asked ver...
Scooters Lose Their Hype - Downloads Down Post-Pandemic
Scooter rental apps are one of my favorite topics to look at during the summer. Downloads peak in August, and over the l...
This Week in Apps - Millions and Billions
#170 - TikTok hits a big milestone, the monthly millions club, detecting investor fraud, and more!
Unpacking the App Store's Million-Dollar Monthly Club
How many apps and games do you think make more than a million dollars on the App Store? And for the sake of consistency,...
Here's What Investor Fraud Looks Like IRL
News broke earlier this week that event discovery app IRL (which stands for In Real Life) is shutting down immediately a...
iOS 17 Sherlocks an Entire Category - Erasing Millions in Revenue
With its latest update to iOS, Apple will release its own version of apps currently available from 3rd party developers ...
This Week in Apps - Business Booms
#169 - Apple's classical app underperforms on Android; Casino apps' revenue soars; News apps see revenue surge; HBO Max rebrand mildly impacts earnings.
Downloads Are Going into Summer Mode - The Mobile Download Index
Downloads change drastically during the summer. Kids are on vacation which means more games see more downloads, and more...
This Week in Apps - Not Over Yet
#168 - Turo's downloads double, Zoom hits a new milestone, ChatGPT didn't crush 3rd parties, and more!
Zoom's Mobile Revenue Hits a Big Milestone
Zoom is one app that needs no introduction. During the pandemic, Zoom's downloads grew faster than any other app, and on...
Telegram Hits $14M Since Starting to Moentize
Telegram has been monetizing its app for a year now, following moves from other social platforms like Twitter and Snapch...
Life360's Revenue Grew 35% in May
I keep a close watch on the Top Grossing charts in the App Store and Google Play, always looking for risers. The list do...
This Week in Apps - Reddit's Regrettable Blunder
#167 - Reddit is pulling a Twitter, movie theaters are getting busy again, Twitter's revenue took a hit, and the most downloaded apps and games.
AMC Theaters Just Had Its Best Week in Downloads
Last week I looked at how demand for streaming content seems to be shifting from movies to TV and how that's helping TV-...
Apollo, the Biggest 3rd Party App for Reddit is Shutting Down
I don't normally do opinions in this newsletter and prefer to let the data speak for itself, but I find what's going on ...
This Week in Apps - Streaming Shakeup
#165 - ChatGPT breezes past a quarter million in revenue, HBO's rebrand may be an expensive one, Peloton finally came to its sense, and more!
Meta Sold GIPHY at a Huge Loss After Regulatory Pressure, But... Downloads Tell another Story
Are you into gifs? If so you must know Giphy, the search engine for gifs. A few short years ago Facebook's Meta bought G...
