Quarterly consumer spend on mobile apps per user 2019-2023

Published by Laura Ceci, Jan 29, 2025
As of the third quarter of 2023, the average consumer spend on mobile apps per smartphone was of approximately 5.05 U.S. dollars, up by four percent from the 4.86 U.S. dollars spend on average by global users during the third quarter of 2022. Between the first and the third quarter of 2022, consumer spend on mobile apps experienced a downward trend with small fluctuations.

Average consumer spend on mobile apps per smartphone as of 3rd quarter 2023 (in U.S. dollars)

CharacteristicAverage spend in U.S. dollars
Q3 '23 5.05
Q2 '23 5.03
Q1 '23 4.88
Q3 '22 4.86
Q2 '22 4.95
Q1 '22 5.03
Q3 '21 5.31
Q2 '21 5.31
Q1 '21 5.29
Q3 '20 4.64
Q2 '20 4.48
Q1 '20 3.9
Q3 '19 4.11
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Release date

October 2023

Region

Worldwide

Survey time period

Q1 2019 to Q3 2023

Special properties

spend per handset, not per unique user; excluding apps downloaded from third-party Android stores

Supplementary notes

Data up until Q2 2021 is from previous publications.

No data available for missing quarters

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