Wednesday, May 11, 2016

Games Generate 90% of Google Play App Revenue

Since 2012, Google Play downloads grew by almost 400 percent, while  app store-related revenue has gone up by a staggering 3500 percent, according to App Annie.
Also, Google Play is gaining market share the fastest in emerging markets like India, Vietnam and Pakistan.
Four of the top-10-grossing Google Play games of all time were driven almost entirely by store revenue in Japan.
Casual-style games were nine of the top-10 downloaded Google Play games of all time, representing approximately 40 percent of total all-time downloads and approximately 90 percent  of total all-time revenue.
Excluding games, the remaining 10 percent of total revenue is generated by communications and social apps.

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