Why is Disney+ Bringing Hulu Into Its Flagship App?
Disney announced this week that it'll bring content from Hulu into the flagship Disney app later this year. On the surf...
#100 - It's All About the Proper ASO Mix
Where you place your keywords is very important for ASO, but only if you get enough of these.
This Week in Apps - It Happened!
#162 - Twitter's growing revenue, another sport joins the streaming race, the most downloaded apps and games in the world, and more!
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Twitter Hits Peak Revenue As Downloads Continue to Drop
2023 has been a very strong year in mobile revenue for Twitter. The last time I looked at revenue, in March, Twitter hit...
It Finally Happened - The Most Downloaded Apps in April
April is over, which means it's time to crunch the numbers and rank the most downloaded apps in the world for the month....
India's Mega Power is On Display - The Most Downloaded Games in April
I crunched the numbers and ranked the most downloaded games in April and noticed an interesting trend. And it's not abou...
The Hottest Trend in Apps Right Now - How Much Are AI Chatbots Making?
AI chatbots have really taken over the App Store. This isn't the first time I said that (third, actually) and while it m...
Go Knicks! The Biggest NBA Season in Mobile Revenue
Sports and streaming go together like peanut butter and jelly. It sounded better in my head, but while cheesy, it is tru...
This Week in Apps - Drop Everything and Do This!
#161 - ChatGPT is earning millions, a new Twitter alternative, Google almost lost, and more!
Lots of Money for the Chat GPT App That's in Command of the App Store
OpenAI is really missing out on lots of revenue by not publishing a native mobile app. Some of you might be thinking, qu...
Bluesky is Mastodon's Newest Competitor
My Twitter feed was full of quot;do you have a Bluesky invite?quot; type tweets this week, reminding me of the latest Tw...
CapCut Quietly Quadrupled Its Revenue in Q1
If you've been watching the top apps in the US you'd probably know about this trend but you may not know its magnitude (...
End of An Era for Zoom - Downloads Drop Below Pre-Pandemic Levels
Zoom, the app that made lockdowns slightly less depressing for many of us, has hit a new pace of downloads that wraps up...
Google Authenticator is Finally Useful, But Why Now?
Google finally made its Authenticator app useful by adding the ability to sync accounts across devices and also changing...
How to 10x the Size of Your Keyword List in the App Store
Learn how you can double, or more, the size of your keyword list for App Store Optimization (ASO)
This Week in Apps - The Comeback?
#160 - Reddit's biggest day of revenue, AI art is back, Monopoly Go scores, and more.
AI Art's Comeback - FaceApp Download Grew More than 500%
FaceApp has topped the App Store quite a few times over the last few years. The app that uses AI to apply filters and b...
Apple Music Classical Hit a Milestone, But Is There Real Demand?
A few weeks ago Apple launched a new app -- Apple Music Classical. Exactly what you'd expect from the name, and overall,...
A Closer Look at Monopoly GO's First Million
A new Monopoly app rose to the top of the App Store recently. That's Monopoly GO from Scopely. This isn't the first, an...
Here's Why Reddit Just Hit its Biggest Day of Revenue!
I have a set of alerts saved in Explorer so I know when big things happen in the App Store, and this week, the alert was...
Dairy Queen's Current Promotion Nets Massive Results
A few weeks ago I looked at a new campaign Dairy Queen announced, which in my mind, marks the beginning of free-food-for...
This Week in Apps - Millions of Downloads
#159 - The most downloaded apps and games, Mastodon, BeReal, and a look at apps and games getting millions of monthly downloads.
How Many Mobile Apps and Games Get 1M+ Downloads Every Month?
A few days ago I polled my Twitter followers and asked how many apps and games they thought get more than 1,000,000 down...
Where Did Facebook Go? The Most Downloaded Apps in the World
March is behind us so I crunched the numbers and ranked the most downloaded apps in the world. I know many of you have b...
Heypercasual Games Get Ready for the Summer - The Most Downloaded Games in the World
I rounded up the numbers and ranked the most downloaded games in the world, now that March is done, and I have to start ...
Mastodon Didn't Replace Twitter...
Last week I posted some numbers about Twitter's growth that caused a small rumble on Twitter. That whole thing made me t...
