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Consumers spend $32b on apps in Q1 2021 - App Annie

Total consumer spend on gaming hit $22 billion up 32% year-over-year

Core gamers generated 66% of mobile revenues in 2020

But casual still dominates downloads, as App Annie reports mobile gaming will pass $120 billion in consumer spend in 2021

72% of all 2020 mobile revenue generated by games at $81bn

Mobile apps will overall hit 130 billion downloads across iOS and Google Play in 2020, 40% of which coming from games

COVID-19 drives first-half mobile app spending to $50b - App Annie

Mobile analytics firm says pandemic "has changed consumer behavior on mobile forever"

Mobile gaming sees record weekly downloads amid COVID-19 lockdown

Average weekly installs reached 1.2 billion as downloads increase by 35% from January to March 4

App Annie lays off "a small fraction" of its workforce

Mobile analytics firm restructures to contend with "current macroeconomic climate" amid COVID-19 pandemic

Mobile gaming projected to surpass $100b in spend in 2020

App Annie: Mobile games now bring in more spending than all other game types combined

Subway Surfers is the top mobile game of the decade by downloads

App Annie: Clash of Clans was No.1 in consumer spend from 2010 to 2019

App Annie acquires mobile analytics firm Libring

The deal will let App Annie present market data and advertising analytics side by side

Mobile gamers downloaded a total of 11.2 billion games in Q2 2019

App Annie: Hyper casual games continue to outpace other categories in downloads, while more hardcore titles see stronger spend

Dr Mario World reaches No.1 faster than Harry Potter (but slower than BTS)

App Annie reports Nintendo's latest mobile hit ranks lower on iOS in the UK than the US

Mobile games are losing to video in the battle for users' time

Games still earn the majority of revenue, but App Annie report shows video apps streaking ahead in terms of hours spent

App Annie: Tencent retains spot as top revenue-earning publisher for third year

NetEase takes second once more, Activision Blizzard rises to No. 3

App Annie: Mobile gaming was the fastest-growing gaming sector in 2018

Firm predicts mobile gaming will reach 60% of gaming market share in 2019, driven by both hardcore and hypercasual titles

Global spending on mobile expected to pass $76bn in 2018

Average smartphone user spends almost three hours per day using apps, says App Annie

App Annie: Mobile to take 60% of worldwide gaming revenue

Cross-platform play on mobile, improved smartphones are driving the rise in market share

Candy Crush Saga is the UK's most popular game of all time on Android

App Annie: Subway Surfers is second most-downloaded; Clash of Clans second in consumer spend

Google Play continues to widen global download gap with iOS

Android storefront saw over 20 billion app downloads in Q2, iOS downloads around 8 billion

Games account for 75% of App Store spending

66 per cent of iOS games spending comes from APAC territories alone

Chinese mobile gaming market sees 250% growth in consumer spend since 2015

App Annie: Total consumer spend in China reaches $11 billion, but remains behind Japan and US