Global value of selected mobile content services 2019-2020, by category

According to the source, the study includes data for "6,500 smartphone users, 650 in each of 10 countries."

The survey was conducted in 10 markets worldwide: Brazil, China, France, Germany, India, Japan, South Africa, Spain, United Kingdom, United States.

According to the source, mobile content does not include: "financial services, such as wallet, ticketing or payment services via mobile bill or pre-paid value {...} services that would require specific devices in addition to a smartphone. (e.g. health monitoring, in car multimedia center) {...} ordering, delivering of commerce of good of non digital goods and services (e.g. a one hour gym coaching session is not a digital service, taxi hailing or m-commerce is not included) [...] communication services (voice, messaging or data connection) [...] Multiplay bundles when payment is managed outside the mobile channel. (e.g. triple of quadruple play for fixed, mobile services). For instance when a users subscribe to a video on demand service via its TV might be granted access to a mobile version of the same – that would not be included here. If it had started or mainly used via mobile it would be counted."

Always according to the source, mobile content services include: "games, video, music (including podcast), lifestyle (Health, diet, horoscopes), education (language learning, university study, hobbies,) electronic publications (magazines, newspapers, books),