In 2021, around 906 global app publishers reached the one million U.S. dollar milestone in net revenues or more across the Apple App Store and Google Play. Between 2016 and 2021, more app publishers have consistently reached or surpassed their first million in revenues in the Apple App Store than in the Google Play Store. In 2017, publishers on Google Play generating one million U.S. dollars or more were 27 percent of the total, while in 2020 the number rose to make up approximately 36.4 percent of the total.
Number of mobile app publishers worldwide generating their first net million in U.S. dollars or more in annual revenue from 2016 to 2021, by platform
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Sensor Tower. (December 20, 2021). Number of mobile app publishers worldwide generating their first net million in U.S. dollars or more in annual revenue from 2016 to 2021, by platform [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved June 18, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1282451/global-app-publishers-generating-first-million-usd/
Sensor Tower. "Number of mobile app publishers worldwide generating their first net million in U.S. dollars or more in annual revenue from 2016 to 2021, by platform." Chart. December 20, 2021. Statista. Accessed June 18, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1282451/global-app-publishers-generating-first-million-usd/
Sensor Tower. (2021). Number of mobile app publishers worldwide generating their first net million in U.S. dollars or more in annual revenue from 2016 to 2021, by platform. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: June 18, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1282451/global-app-publishers-generating-first-million-usd/
Sensor Tower. "Number of Mobile App Publishers Worldwide Generating Their First Net Million in U.S. Dollars or More in Annual Revenue from 2016 to 2021, by Platform." Statista, Statista Inc., 20 Dec 2021, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1282451/global-app-publishers-generating-first-million-usd/
Sensor Tower, Number of mobile app publishers worldwide generating their first net million in U.S. dollars or more in annual revenue from 2016 to 2021, by platform Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1282451/global-app-publishers-generating-first-million-usd/ (last visited June 18, 2024)
Number of mobile app publishers worldwide generating their first net million in U.S. dollars or more in annual revenue from 2016 to 2021, by platform [Graph], Sensor Tower, December 20, 2021. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1282451/global-app-publishers-generating-first-million-usd/