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Appfigures: Sora's app downloads dropped 32% month-over-month in December and 45% in January to 1.2M; consumer spending on the app fell 32% MoM as of January

Appfigures: global consumer mobile app spending on Apple's App Store and Google Play rose 21.6% YoY to $155.8B in 2025, but app downloads dropped 2.7% to 106.9B

The subscription economy helped boost mobile app revenues in 2025, even as app downloads declined for the fifth consecutive year …

Appfigures: mobile gamers spent $65.4B in 2024, up 4% YoY, but less than $4B went to games released in 2024; studios launched 126K games in 2024, down 43% YoY

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Appfigures estimates Apple made $10.1B in revenue from US App Store commissions in 2024, up from $4.8B in 2020, $6.7B in 2021, $7.4B in 2022, and $8.8B in 2023

Over $10 billion — that's how much revenue Apple's U.S. App Store raked in last year, according to a new analysis by app intelligence provider Appfigures.

Appfigures: global consumer spending in mobile apps on the App Store and Google Play rose 15.7% YoY to $127.3B in 2024, but app downloads dropped 2.3% to 109.7B

The global app economy continued to recover in 2024, after an earlier slowdown in 2022 — at least in terms of consumer spending.

Bluesky has 20M+ users after hitting 15M on Nov. 13; Appfigures: it's been #1 in US App Store since Nov. 13; Similarweb: its DAU gap with Threads is narrowing

Bluesky, the social network and X competitor has been benefiting from a surge of departures from the Elon Musk-owned app formerly known as Twitter.

Appfigures: consumers spent $3.8B on entertainment mobile apps worldwide in Q1 2024, including $2.1B on streaming apps and $0.9B in short video apps like TikTok

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Appfigures: consumers spent $3.8B on entertainment mobile apps worldwide in Q1 2024, including $2.1B on streaming apps and $0.9B in short video apps like TikTok

One unlikely culprit: TikTok  —  Entertainment continues to be a big money maker for publishers and app stores alike …

Appfigures data: 52% of Vision Pro-only apps are paid downloads, vs. 5% of apps in the wider App Store, with an average price of $5.67

Appfigures: ChatGPT's iOS and Android apps hit $4.58M total revenue in September from the $20/month ChatGPT+ plan, up from $3.81M in August and $2.74M in July