B
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50%
50% -- share of total app revenue for mobile apps (in-app purchases monetization) (2026)
In-app purchases account for over 50% of total mobile app revenue.
- The source specifies 'over 50%'
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Value
50%
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Percentage
Data Vintage
2026
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B
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Extraction
50
Source Trust
60
Citation Chain
20
Independence
30
Methodology
35
Freshness
95
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Statista
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Cited by blog as a 2026 Statista study; 'over 50%' so value is approximate lower bound
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mobile apps (in-app purchases monetization): 50% share of total app revenue. Source: Statista (2026). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/inapp-purchases-app-revenue-share-2026
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