In 2021, 43 percent of the app publishers in the Google Play Store that earned their first net million U.S. dollars were gaming app publishers. By comparison, only four percent of the Android app publishers among those who earned their first net million U.S. dollars in that year were education app publishers. There was a small year-over-year decrease in the number of social media app publishers reaching the million-dollar milestone, while entertainment publishers reaching the one-million milestone represented 10 percent of the total during the last measured year.
Share of mobile app publishers worldwide earning their first net million U.S. dollars or more in annual revenue from the Google Play Store from 2019 to 2021, by category
Google Play Store only, includes only spending on in-app purchases, subscriptions, and premium apps processed through the app stores; includes publishers generating one million U.S. dollars or more in net revenues
Supplementary notes
The values may not sum up to 100 percent due to rounding.
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