In 2021, global consumers spent approximately 6.36 billion U.S. dollars on over-the-top (OTT) video apps. Additionally, global users spent over two billion U.S. dollars on live-streaming apps, while short video apps generated approximately two billion U.S. dollars. Music and audio apps ranked third, generating around 1.95 billion U.S. dollars in consumer spending worldwide. Comics apps ranked fourth, while eBooks mobile apps generated around 800 million U.S. dollars in spending.
Consumer spending on mobile entertainment apps worldwide in 2021, by category (in million U.S. dollars)
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Data.ai. (April 5, 2022). Consumer spending on mobile entertainment apps worldwide in 2021, by category (in million U.S. dollars) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved March 29, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1301780/spending-entertainment-apps-worldwide-by-category/
Data.ai. "Consumer spending on mobile entertainment apps worldwide in 2021, by category (in million U.S. dollars)." Chart. April 5, 2022. Statista. Accessed March 29, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1301780/spending-entertainment-apps-worldwide-by-category/
Data.ai. (2022). Consumer spending on mobile entertainment apps worldwide in 2021, by category (in million U.S. dollars). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: March 29, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1301780/spending-entertainment-apps-worldwide-by-category/
Data.ai. "Consumer Spending on Mobile Entertainment Apps Worldwide in 2021, by Category (in Million U.S. Dollars)." Statista, Statista Inc., 5 Apr 2022, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1301780/spending-entertainment-apps-worldwide-by-category/
Data.ai, Consumer spending on mobile entertainment apps worldwide in 2021, by category (in million U.S. dollars) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1301780/spending-entertainment-apps-worldwide-by-category/ (last visited March 29, 2024)
Consumer spending on mobile entertainment apps worldwide in 2021, by category (in million U.S. dollars) [Graph], Data.ai, April 5, 2022. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1301780/spending-entertainment-apps-worldwide-by-category/