This statistic gives information on the worldwide gross mobile app expenditure in 2016 and 2021. In 2016, mobile app spending amounted to 1.31 trillion U.S. dollars. This figure is set to increase to 6.35 trillion U.S. dollars in 2021.
Gross mobile app expenditure worldwide in 2016 and 2021
(in trillion U.S. dollars)
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Applause, & App Annie. (June 22, 2017). Gross mobile app expenditure worldwide in 2016 and 2021 (in trillion U.S. dollars) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved May 29, 2020, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/248779/global-mobile-app-spending/
Applause, und App Annie. "Gross mobile app expenditure worldwide in 2016 and 2021 (in trillion U.S. dollars)." Chart. June 22, 2017. Statista. Accessed May 29, 2020. https://www.statista.com/statistics/248779/global-mobile-app-spending/
Applause, App Annie. (2017). Gross mobile app expenditure worldwide in 2016 and 2021 (in trillion U.S. dollars). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: May 29, 2020. https://www.statista.com/statistics/248779/global-mobile-app-spending/
Applause, and App Annie. "Gross Mobile App Expenditure Worldwide in 2016 and 2021 (in Trillion U.S. Dollars)." Statista, Statista Inc., 22 Jun 2017, https://www.statista.com/statistics/248779/global-mobile-app-spending/
Applause & App Annie, Gross mobile app expenditure worldwide in 2016 and 2021 (in trillion U.S. dollars) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/248779/global-mobile-app-spending/ (last visited May 29, 2020)
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