Consumers worldwide spent $407.6M across the App Store and Google Play on Christmas, up 34.5% YoY; mobile games rose 27% YoY to $295.6M, led by Honor of Kings
2020 has been a record-setting year for worldwide spending on mobile apps and games, which passed $100 billion in a single year for the first time ever in November.
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Discussion
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@sensortower
Sensor Tower
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Global app spending reached $407M across the App Store and Google Play on #Christmas, growing 35% Y/Y from approximately $303M in 2019: https://ow.ly/... #mobilegrowth #holidaytrends #shopping https://twitter.com/...
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@somegadgetguy
Juan Carlos Bagnell
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Seeing LOTS of folks talking about the analyst report where 9 of the top 10 phones activated on Xmas were iPhones. Not as many mentioning that in 10th place (and the only Android in the top 10) is the cute little LG K30. Well done LG. Well done indeed. https://www.flurry.com/...
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@jonyiveparody
@jonyiveparody
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@TheMacalope “WHY ONLY 9 OUT OF 10 IS BAD NEWS FOR APPLE!” —FORBES
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@stevesi
Steven Sinofsky
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Mac Rumors: 9 of Top 10 U.S. Smartphone Activations on Christmas Day 2020 Were iPhones https://www.macrumors.com/...
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@snazzyq
Quinn Nelson
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Where is the iPhone 12 mini on this chart? 😞 DO NOT KILL MY BABY, @tim_cook! https://twitter.com/...
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@andruedwards
Andru Edwards
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The top 10 new device activations on Christmas Day in the US: iPhone 11 iPhone XR iPhone 12 Pro Max iPhone 12 iPhone 11 Pro Max iPhone SE iPhone 12 Pro iPhone 8 Plus iPhone 8 LG K30 @Apple dominates, but #iPhone12 mini where you at 😫 Source: https://www.flurry.com/...
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@stroughtonsmith
Steve Troughton-Smith
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“Apple clearly can't be classed as a monopoly in the traditional sense...” https://twitter.com/... https://twitter.com/...
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@khoi
Khoi Vinh
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Potentially sad news for future “mini” iPhones. FWIW I got one earlier this fall and it's a wonderful return to the sensible phone size of the iPhone 5. Wouldn't go bigger again if I didn't have to. https://www.macrumors.com/...
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@so_ethereal
@so_ethereal
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SOUL (Disney+ only) allowed Disney+ to add 2.3 million mobile subscriptions in 3 days. Wonder Woman 1984 (theaters+HBO Max) allowed HBO Max to 554k mobile subs in 3 days. A winning formula, and it's only mobile data (expect more with smart TV, consoles) https://www.bloomberg.com/…
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@bloombergasia
Bloomberg Asia
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HBO Max and Disney+ saw jumps in app downloads after the debuts of “Wonder Woman 1984” and “Soul” https://www.bloomberg.com/...