Apple’s App Store remained in the lead.
In the year 2021, the digital content platform Google Play generated gross revenues of approximately 48 billion U.S. dollars through mobile apps. This is a global consumer spending increase of about 23 percent, compared to the previous year. With gross revenue reaching over 85.1 billion U.S. dollars, Worldwide gross app revenue of Google Play from 2016 to 2021 (in billion U.S. dollars)
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Sensor Tower. (December 7, 2021). Worldwide gross app revenue of Google Play from 2016 to 2021 (in billion U.S. dollars) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 08, 2023, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/444476/google-play-annual-revenue/
Sensor Tower. "Worldwide gross app revenue of Google Play from 2016 to 2021 (in billion U.S. dollars)." Chart. December 7, 2021. Statista. Accessed December 08, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/444476/google-play-annual-revenue/
Sensor Tower. (2021). Worldwide gross app revenue of Google Play from 2016 to 2021 (in billion U.S. dollars). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 08, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/444476/google-play-annual-revenue/
Sensor Tower. "Worldwide Gross App Revenue of Google Play from 2016 to 2021 (in Billion U.S. Dollars)." Statista, Statista Inc., 7 Dec 2021, https://www.statista.com/statistics/444476/google-play-annual-revenue/
Sensor Tower, Worldwide gross app revenue of Google Play from 2016 to 2021 (in billion U.S. dollars) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/444476/google-play-annual-revenue/ (last visited December 08, 2023)
Worldwide gross app revenue of Google Play from 2016 to 2021 (in billion U.S. dollars) [Graph], Sensor Tower, December 7, 2021. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/444476/google-play-annual-revenue/