This statistic presents information on the projected mobile app revenues from 2015 to 2020, sorted by region. In 2015, mobile net-to-publisher app revenues in the Americas amounted to 27.4 billion U.S. dollars. In 2020, consumers in this region are projected to spend over 74.5 billion U.S. dollars on mobile apps via app stores.
Worldwide mobile app revenues in 2015, 2016 and 2020, by region
(in billion U.S. dollars)
Characteristic
APAC
EMEA
Americas
2020*
85.3
29.1
74.5
2016*
36.9
16.5
34.9
2015
28.4
13.9
27.4
Created with Highcharts 7.2.2Revenue in billion U.S. dollarsAPACEMEAAmericas20152016*2020*
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combined mobile in-app advertising and mobile app store revenues
Supplementary notes
*Forecast App store and in-app advertising revenue estimates are net-to-publisher and inclusive of all mobile app stores, including third-party Android stores. This forecast does not include gross spend by advertisers and consumers
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VentureBeat. (November 2, 2016). Worldwide mobile app revenues in 2015, 2016 and 2020, by region (in billion U.S. dollars) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved April 16, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/631393/worldwide-mobile-app-revenue-region/
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VentureBeat. (2016). Worldwide mobile app revenues in 2015, 2016 and 2020, by region (in billion U.S. dollars). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: April 16, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/631393/worldwide-mobile-app-revenue-region/
VentureBeat. "Worldwide Mobile App Revenues in 2015, 2016 and 2020, by Region (in Billion U.S. Dollars)." Statista, Statista Inc., 2 Nov 2016, https://www.statista.com/statistics/631393/worldwide-mobile-app-revenue-region/
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Worldwide mobile app revenues in 2015, 2016 and 2020, by region (in billion U.S. dollars) [Graph], VentureBeat, November 2, 2016. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/631393/worldwide-mobile-app-revenue-region/
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