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Global mobile app consumer spending 2016-2019
Worldwide consumer expenditure on mobile apps from 2016 to 2019 (in billion U.S. dollars)
by J. Clement,
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Apr 25, 2019
This statistic gives information on the worldwide gross mobile app expenditure by consumers from 2016 to 2019. In 2018, gross consumer mobile app spending amounted to 101 billion U.S. dollars. This figure is set to increase to 120 billion U.S. dollars in 2019.
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by J. Clement,
last edited
Apr 25, 2019
This statistic gives information on the worldwide gross mobile app expenditure by consumers from 2016 to 2019. In 2018, gross consumer mobile app spending amounted to 101 billion U.S. dollars. This figure is set to increase to 120 billion U.S. dollars in 2019.
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- 2016 to 2018
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- spend is gross, app store fees are included
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- *Forecast; 2016 and 2017 data calculated by Statista
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- *Forecast; 2016 and 2017 data calculated by Statista
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- Average mobile app user acquisition costs worldwide from September 2017 to August 2018, by user action and operating system (in U.S. dollars)
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- Most effective monetization methods for mobile apps according to mobile publishers worldwide as of March 2017
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- Average increase in downloads of apps features as app or game of the day in the Apple App Store as of October 2017
- Apple App Store revenue per active iPhone in the United States in 2016 and 2017, by category (in U.S. dollars)
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- Leading non-gaming app publishers in the Google Play Store worldwide in June 2019, by revenue (in million U.S. dollars)
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- Leading non-gaming iPhone app publishers in the United States in June 2019, by revenue (in million U.S. dollars)
- Leading non-gaming iPhone app publishers worldwide in June 2019, by revenue (in million U.S. dollars)
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- Number of available gaming apps at Google Play from 1st quarter 2015 to 2nd quarter 2019
- Number of available gaming apps in the Amazon Appstore from 1st quarter 2015 to 2nd quarter 2019
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- Distribution of mobile commerce spending in the United States from 1st quarter 2013 to 1st quarter 2015, by platform
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- Average user spending on iPhone apps in the United States from 2012 to 2019 (in U.S. dollars)
- Mobile spend (ARPU) and cost of smartphone as a share of monthly income in selected African countries in 2016*
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- App economy size in EU 28 from 2012 to 2016 (in billion euros)
- Distribution of monthly expenditure on mobile apps in China in 2012
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- Average number of mobile apps actively used by smartphone users in the United States as of 4th quarter 2014, by gender
- Purchased mobile apps in China in 2012, by type
- Combined global iPhone and iPad app revenue from 1st quarter 2014 to 4th quarter of 2015 (in billion U.S. dollars)
- Number of app economy jobs in EU 28 in 2014 and 2015 (in 1,000s)
- Leading reasons to use sports apps among people who do sports in China as of September 2018
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- Daily active users (DAU) of leading iPhone lifestyle apps in Switzerland during April 2018 (in 1,000s)
- Shopping app costs per user in Southeast Asia for developers in 2019, by type (in U.S. dollars)
- Leading factors when choosing sports apps among people who do sports in China as of September 2018
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