User spending on mobile games fell 5% to $109.5 billion in 2022 calculated analytics company Data.ai.
The application expenditures decreased by 2 percent to 167 billion dollars. The company noted that thanks to this, the mobile application market returned to normal two years after the pandemic. In 2020, app downloads increased by 10% and in-app spend increased by 25% following the introduction of massive coronavirus-related restrictions.
At the same time, the number of new app downloads increased by 11% to 255 billion in 2022. The average time users spend in apps increased by 3%, or about 5 hours per day.
Most often, new apps are downloaded in China, with India in second place and the United States in third place. Russia ranks sixth in this indicator. Known as extremist and banned in the Russian Federation, Instagram owned by Meta Corporation has become the world’s most popular app in terms of downloads.
On Google Play and App Store before January 11 took place Release of mobile version of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder’s game. However, it is only available to Netflix subscribers.