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.

As of June 2025, Tinder was the highest-grossing dating app worldwide. Tinder generated approximately *********** U.S. dollars among global users. Bumble saw in-app revenues of around *** million U.S. dollars, while Match group-owned Hinge ranked third, generating around *** million U.S. dollars in app revenues as of June 2025.

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.

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.

Entertainment apps were the highest-grossing category for global consumers in 2024. Entertainment apps, such as video apps, generated approximately ** billion U.S. dollars of in-app revenues across the Google Play Store and Apple App Store worldwide. Gaming role playing apps generated **** billion U.S. dollars in revenues from global users, while strategy games on mobile generated more than *** billion U.S. dollars in the examined period.

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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.

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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.

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.

In 2024, the Istanbul-based company, Peak Games, generated a total in-app revenue of around *** million U.S. dollars worldwide. Among the apps the studio published, Toon Blast was the top-grossing mobile game, reaching a global IAP of around *** million U.S. dollars.

In 2025 to date, Candy Crush Saga was King's most popular app with approximately 651 million U.S. dollars in revenues across the Apple App Store and Google Play worldwide. Originally released as Facebook game in 2012, the match-three title is still very popular and also generated close to 65 million downloads in the measured period.

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Royal Match was the top-grossing puzzle game worldwide in February 2025, generating more than 124 million U.S. dollars through in-app purchase revenues. Candy Crush Saga was ranked second with 93 million U.S. dollars in monthly IAP revenue.

Candy Crush Saga is one of the most popular mobile gaming apps worldwide, generating 25.65 million downloads in the fourth quarter of 2024. Initially released as a social gaming title on Facebook, the casual match-three game quickly won the hearts of gamers worldwide and has proved its enormous staying power over the past decade. To date, Candy Crush Saga is one of the highest-grossing gaming apps worldwide.

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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In 2024, CSR 2 - Realistic Drag Racing was Zynga's most popular app with approximately 11.91 million combined downloads across the Apple App Store and Google Play worldwide. However, the casual game title was not the top-grossing Zynga title of the year — this honor went to Empires & Puzzles: Dragon Dawn.

In the most recently reported fiscal year, Google's revenue amounted to 348.16 billion U.S. dollars. Google's revenue is largely made up by advertising revenue, which amounted to 264.59 billion U.S. dollars in 2024. As of October 2024, parent company Alphabet ranked first among worldwide internet companies, with a market capitalization of 2,02 billion U.S. dollars. Google’s revenue Founded in 1998, Google is a multinational internet service corporation headquartered in California, United States. Initially conceptualized as a web search engine based on a PageRank algorithm, Google now offers a multitude of desktop, mobile and online products. Google Search remains the company’s core web-based product along with advertising services, communication and publishing tools, development and statistical tools as well as map-related products. Google is also the producer of the mobile operating system Android, Chrome OS, Google TV as well as desktop and mobile applications such as the internet browser Google Chrome or mobile web applications based on pre-existing Google products. Recently, Google has also been developing selected pieces of hardware which ranges from the Nexus series of mobile devices to smart home devices and driverless cars. Due to its immense scale, Google also offers a crisis response service covering disasters, turmoil and emergencies, as well as an open source missing person finder in times of disaster. Despite the vast scope of Google products, the company still collects the majority of its revenue through online advertising on Google Site and Google network websites. Other revenues are generated via product licensing and most recently, digital content and mobile apps via the Google Play Store, a distribution platform for digital content. As of September 2020, some of the highest-grossing Android apps worldwide included mobile games such as Candy Crush Saga, Pokemon Go, and Coin Master.

Between the first and the third quarters of 2021, Disney+ ranked first among video streaming apps in the United States with almost 160 million U.S. dollars of revenue. HBO Max ranked second with 154 million U.S. dollars, while Hulu followed with 74 million U.S. dollars generated in the examined period. Netflix, which ranked fourth among the video streaming applications in the United States, was also among the most popular mobile streaming apps for users worldwide.