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.
Worldwide consumer expenditure on mobile apps from 2016 to 2019
(in billion U.S. dollars)
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App Annie, & Forbes. (January 30, 2019). Worldwide consumer expenditure on mobile apps from 2016 to 2019 (in billion U.S. dollars) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved July 07, 2020, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/870642/global-mobile-app-spend-consumer/
App Annie, und Forbes. "Worldwide consumer expenditure on mobile apps from 2016 to 2019 (in billion U.S. dollars)." Chart. January 30, 2019. Statista. Accessed July 07, 2020. https://www.statista.com/statistics/870642/global-mobile-app-spend-consumer/
App Annie, Forbes. (2019). Worldwide consumer expenditure on mobile apps from 2016 to 2019 (in billion U.S. dollars). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: July 07, 2020. https://www.statista.com/statistics/870642/global-mobile-app-spend-consumer/
App Annie, and Forbes. "Worldwide Consumer Expenditure on Mobile Apps from 2016 to 2019 (in Billion U.S. Dollars)." Statista, Statista Inc., 30 Jan 2019, https://www.statista.com/statistics/870642/global-mobile-app-spend-consumer/
App Annie & Forbes, Worldwide consumer expenditure on mobile apps from 2016 to 2019 (in billion U.S. dollars) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/870642/global-mobile-app-spend-consumer/ (last visited July 07, 2020)
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