In 2022, gaming apps accounted for 58 percent of global Apple App Store app spending, representing the highest-grossing app category for iOS users. Entertainment apps claimed a 10 percent revenue share each from global iOS users during 2022. By 2027, revenues of entertainment apps on the Apple App Store are estimated to account to 13 percent of the total, while gaming apps will account for roughly 50 percent of all iOS spending.
Distribution of worldwide mobile app revenues in the Apple App Store store from 2021 to 2027, by category
Characteristic
Games
Entertainment
Photo & video
Social mnetworking
Books
Lifestyle
Other
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Sensor Tower. (July 18, 2023). Distribution of worldwide mobile app revenues in the Apple App Store store from 2021 to 2027, by category [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved July 22, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1401233/apple-app-store-revenue-share-by-category/
Sensor Tower. "Distribution of worldwide mobile app revenues in the Apple App Store store from 2021 to 2027, by category." Chart. July 18, 2023. Statista. Accessed July 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1401233/apple-app-store-revenue-share-by-category/
Sensor Tower. (2023). Distribution of worldwide mobile app revenues in the Apple App Store store from 2021 to 2027, by category. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: July 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1401233/apple-app-store-revenue-share-by-category/
Sensor Tower. "Distribution of Worldwide Mobile App Revenues in The Apple App Store Store from 2021 to 2027, by Category." Statista, Statista Inc., 18 Jul 2023, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1401233/apple-app-store-revenue-share-by-category/
Sensor Tower, Distribution of worldwide mobile app revenues in the Apple App Store store from 2021 to 2027, by category Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1401233/apple-app-store-revenue-share-by-category/ (last visited July 22, 2024)
Distribution of worldwide mobile app revenues in the Apple App Store store from 2021 to 2027, by category [Graph], Sensor Tower, July 18, 2023. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1401233/apple-app-store-revenue-share-by-category/