In 2021, gross consumer mobile app spending amounted to 170 billion U.S. dollars, up from 143 billion U.S. dollars in 2020. Consumer app store spending was strongly impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic, which led to people spending more time and home and having to switch to digital channels for many everyday activities.
Worldwide consumer spending on mobile apps from 2016 to 2021 (in billion U.S. dollars)
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Data.ai. (January 12, 2022). Worldwide consumer spending on mobile apps from 2016 to 2021 (in billion U.S. dollars) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved June 28, 2022, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/870642/global-mobile-app-spend-consumer/
Data.ai. "Worldwide consumer spending on mobile apps from 2016 to 2021 (in billion U.S. dollars)." Chart. January 12, 2022. Statista. Accessed June 28, 2022. https://www.statista.com/statistics/870642/global-mobile-app-spend-consumer/
Data.ai. (2022). Worldwide consumer spending on mobile apps from 2016 to 2021 (in billion U.S. dollars). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: June 28, 2022. https://www.statista.com/statistics/870642/global-mobile-app-spend-consumer/
Data.ai. "Worldwide Consumer Spending on Mobile Apps from 2016 to 2021 (in Billion U.S. Dollars)." Statista, Statista Inc., 12 Jan 2022, https://www.statista.com/statistics/870642/global-mobile-app-spend-consumer/
Data.ai, Worldwide consumer spending on mobile apps from 2016 to 2021 (in billion U.S. dollars) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/870642/global-mobile-app-spend-consumer/ (last visited June 28, 2022)