In 2021, gaming apps for Android devices generated more than 36 billion U.S. dollars from users worldwide. Social apps were the second-most popular app category for global Android users based on consumer spending, with 2.4 billion U.S. dollars in consumer spending. Mobile entertainment saw around two billion U.S. dollars in app spending in the examined year via the Google Play Store.
Leading app categories in the Google Play Store worldwide in 2021, by consumer spending
(in million U.S. dollars)
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Data.ai. (February 22, 2022). Leading app categories in the Google Play Store worldwide in 2021, by consumer spending (in million U.S. dollars) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 26, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1294802/google-play-store-apps-consumer-spend-category/
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Data.ai. "Leading App Categories in The Google Play Store Worldwide in 2021, by Consumer Spending (in Million U.S. Dollars)." Statista, Statista Inc., 22 Feb 2022, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1294802/google-play-store-apps-consumer-spend-category/
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