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20% -- share of mobile game installs outside app store google play for Publisher mobile game installs (2025)

2025  · PocketGamer.biz

An unnamed publisher reported that 20% of its mobile game installs come from platforms outside the App Store and Google Play.

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20%
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Percentage
Data Vintage
2025
Entity
Publisher mobile game installs
Geography
Global
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Source Trust
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Citation Chain
20
Independence
30
Methodology
45
Freshness
95
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Publisher mobile game installs: 20% share of mobile game installs outside app store google play. Source: PocketGamer.biz (2025). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/mobile-installs-outside-app-stores-20-percent
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