Carrier billing transaction median ARPPU 2019, by region

Published by Statista Research Department, Mar 24, 2025
Carrier billing is a popular method to pay for digital purchases via mobile. In 2019, the median revenue per paying user with carrier billing in Western Europe amounted to 7.6 U.S. dollars. Popular digital content purchased via carrier billing include mobile games and in-game content.

Median revenue per paying user with carrier billing worldwide in 2019, by region (in U.S. dollars)

CharacteristicMedian revenue per paying user with carrier billing in U.S. dollars
Asia 2.1
Latin America 3.5
Central and Eastern Europe 4.6
Middle East and Africa 5.2
Western Europe 7.6
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Created with Highcharts 7.2.2Median revenue per paying user with carrier billing in U.S. dollars7.67.65.25.24.64.63.53.52.12.1Western EuropeMiddle East and AfricaCentral and Eastern EuropeLatin AmericaAsia
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March 2020

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Worldwide

Survey time period

2019

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based on Fortumo payments platform, wider industry metrics may vary; 78 countries with 3 billion consumers

Supplementary notes

According to the source, "we see that for digital content, median often reflects the market more accurately, as content such as gaming is prone to heavy users and median represents the true "average" consumer better".

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