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Installations of Twitch's mobile app hit 22m in the first quarter of 2021, 62% year-over-year from 13.6 million in Q1 2020.
Read More »Twitch app installs hit 22m in Q1 2021, up 62% y/y
Comment: Roblox’s direct listing puts the games industry’s hottest trends to the test
Craig Chapple on Roblox's choice to go direct to the market
Read More »Mobile gaming will continue to rise after lockdown – Craig Chapple, Sensor Tower
It’s clear that the mobile games sector has attracted more players than ever, but will they stay?
Read More »Coin Master Surpasses $2 Billion in Lifetime Player Spending
The game earned $1.2 billion in 2020 alone, a 122.4 per cent increase over 2019.
Read More »Japan accounts for almost a quarter of global mobile spend from App Store and Google Play
Mobile analyst Sensor Tower has just published a report showing that Japan continues to spend huge amounts on mobile games. Looking at the year to date (and what a year it’s been for mobile revenue) Japan accounted for 22 per cent of all global mobile game player spending from the …
Read More »Breaking down the COVID-19 pandemic’s impact on mobile games
We take a look at the growth in downloads in the U.S. for the top 100 grossing games in each category
Read More »Call of Duty: Mobile generated $480 million during its first year
Activision's Call of Duty Mobile generated approximately $480 million in player spending in its first year, according to data from Sensor Tower.
Read More »Among Us surpasses 85 million mobile downloads – with 70 per cent of lifetime downloads in the last 45 days
InnerSloth online multiplayer title Among Us has reached 86.6 million total downloads on mobile, following a huge surge in downloads in August and September – according to data from Sensor Tower.
Read More »U.S. Mobile Gamers Flock to Simulation Titles as Genre Spending Grows 63% in H1 2020
Racing, hyper casual and casino titles also saw big rises
Read More »Comment: Epic has little to lose from its bold Fortnite play on mobile
Craig Chapple is mobile insights strategist, EMEA at mobile intelligence firm Sensor Tower and was senior editor at PocketGamer.biz.
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