B
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72,000,000,000
72,000,000,000 -- unique downloads for Top 9,000 app publishers (top 1%) (H1 2021)
The top 9,000 app publishers generated 72 billion unique downloads across Google Play and the App Store in H1 2021.
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Value
72,000,000,000
Unit
Count
Data Vintage
H1 2021
Entity
Sample Size
900,000
Geography
Global
Evidence Quality
B
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75
Source Trust
60
Citation Chain
20
Independence
30
Methodology
45
Freshness
95
Source
Sensor Tower
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https://www.pocketgamer.biz/1-of-publishers-are-responsible-for-91-of-app-revenue/ ↗
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1% of publishers are responsible for 91% of app revenue
1% of publishers are responsible for 91% of app revenue
Sensor Tower data has delved into the relative success of publishers in the app market and found that although the market share is shrinking, the top one percent of publishers still generate the vast majority of both downloads and revenue.
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Sensor Tower
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Methodology
Sensor Tower analysis of 900,000 game and non-game app publishers
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Segmentation
IndustryMobile Gaming
Company SizeEnterprise
RegionGlobal
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Top 9,000 app publishers (top 1%): 72,000,000,000 unique downloads. Source: Sensor Tower (H1 2021). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/top-9000-publishers-72-billion-downloads
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