As detailed in our app revenues market post, Apple’s App Store and the Google Play Store both earn a majority of revenue from games, accounting more than half across both stores. It...

In June 2023, Disney+ generated approximately 70.6 million U.S. dollars in global revenues through the Google Play Store. With over 50.7 million U.S. dollars, HBO Max ranked second, while TikTok ranked third with around 38 million U.S. dollars in revenues from Android users worldwide. The majority of high-grossing apps in the measured month were gaming apps.

Google Play Store apps overview As of the first quarter of 2021, Google Play Store was the leading app store worldwide by number of available apps. In 2021, Google Play Store saw more than 111 billion app downloads, while users generated nearly 48 billion U.S. dollars in consumer spending on mobile apps on the platform. In the first quarter of 2021, the most popular category of apps on the platform were gaming apps, followed by education apps, and business apps.

App revenue There are many different monetization models for mobile apps, the most common ones are free apps with in-app purchases, paid apps, paid apps with in-app purchases, and subscriptions. From humble beginnings, the mobile gaming market has flourished: gaming apps accounted for 83 percent of gross app revenues in the Google Play Store in 2020. In comparison, social media apps only accounted for three percent of app revenues. The Apple App Store paints a similar picture with gaming apps again accounting for the lion's share of revenue, albeit to a lesser extent than in the Google Play store.

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The world of video gaming is diverse, ranging from mobile gaming to PC gaming and console gaming. Over the past years, there has been an increase in downloads and mobile game usage among kids as well as adults, which has, in turn, led to an increase in mobile gaming revenue. One of the most popular mobile games of the year was Last War:Survival, which grossed more than 752 million U.S. dollars worldwide. The highest-grossing mobile game of 2025 so far was Chinese MOBA title Honor of Kings.

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As of April 2021, the top grossing mobile simulation adventure game was Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery, having grossed 105 million U.S. dollars in the preceding 12 months. Additionally, Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp grossed a total of 77 million U.S. dollars in the same period.

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During the first three quarters of 2021, Disney+ was the video entertainment mobile app with the highest revenue worldwide. The platform generated more than 300 million U.S. dollars during the examined period. Chinese video streaming app Tencent Video ranked second with 240 million U.S. dollars in revenues. Netflix, which ranked seventh among the highest-grossing streaming video entertainment apps, generated almost 90 million U.S. dollars from users worldwide in the examined period.

As of the second quarter of 2024, gaming apps were the most popular category available in the Apple App Store, making up a share of approximately 12 percent of all iOS apps in hosted in the platform. Business apps were the second-most popular category in the Apple App Store with a share of 10.11 percent of active apps being apps in this category. Utilities apps were the third most popular iOS app category, accounting for a total of over 9.73 percent of active apps. iOS apps in the Apple App Store As nowadays it is inconceivable to imagine smartphones without the abundance of mobile applications, the number of available iOS mobile apps distributed via the Apple App Store has consistently grown, reaching the peak of 2.2 million available apps during the first quarter of 2021. As of the beginning of 2022, the highest-ranking mobile apps on the results page of the Apple App Store had an average of 31.7 thousand reviews, and received an average rating of 3.35 stars. Mobile gaming on the Apple App Store Gaming apps are the most popular apps based on availability and often rank as the most downloaded and highest-grossing apps. In 2024, The Honor of Kings was the top grossing gaming app, grossing more than nine million U.S. dollars worldwide. The average price for a gaming app is about 47 cents, while the average app price is just under one U.S. dollar. Common app revenue models include free apps with in-app purchases, paid apps without in-app purchases, and paid apps with in-app purchases. Gaming apps, which frequently generate revenue through in-game item purchases, were the top-grossing category on the Apple App Store, generating almost 52 billion U.S. dollars from global users in 2021.

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In February 2025, Roblox was the top-grossing gaming app for iPad worldwide. The creative gaming platform title generated more than 21.7 million U.S. dollars in revenues from iPad users. Candy Crush Saga was the second-most-grossing gaming app title with approximately 9.9 million U.S. dollars in revenue during that month.

In June 2023, ByteDance-developed social video apps DouYin and TikTok were top-grossing iPhone apps in the Apple App Store worldwide, generating roughly 372 million U.S. dollars and 324 million U.S. dollars in revenues. Japanese comic reading app Piccoma came in third, with over 228.3 million U.S. dollars in revenues. Honor of Kings ranked fourth, generating approximately 165.75 million U.S. dollars in revenues from iPhone users.

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In June 2024, Google One was the highest grossing productivity app for Android users worldwide by far, as the app generated almost 114 million U.S. dollars. Microsoft One Drive followed, with only 8.9 million U.S. dollars in revenues among global Android users. ChatGPT ranked third, with Android users generating around 5.3 million U.S. dollars in revenues in the examined period.