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Revenue split of leading digital content store worldwide in 2018
Revenue split of leading digital content store worldwide in 2018
Revenue split of leading digital content stores worldwide as of December 2018
by J. Clement,
last edited
Feb 28, 2019
This statistic presents the revenue split of leading digital content stores worldwide as of December 2018. According to the findings, on both Apple's and Google's standard app store, the revenue distribution between them and the mobile app developers was set at 70:30; with 70 percent of revenue being distributed to Apple and the remaining 30 percent to developers.
Revenue split of leading digital content stores worldwide as of December 2018
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| Operators and Publishers | Developers | |
|---|---|---|
| App store (standard)* | 70% | 30% |
| App store (subscriptions)* | 85% | 15% |
| Microsoft Store (non-game) | 85% | 15% |
| Unreal Engine Marketplace | 88% | 12% |
| Epic Games Store (EGS) | 88% | 12% |
| Discord | 90% | 10% |
| Blockchain game stores (average) | 91% | 9% |
| Microsoft Store (consumer applications, not including games) | 95% | 5% |
| Operators and Publishers | Developers | |
|---|---|---|
| App store (standard)* | 70% | 30% |
| App store (subscriptions)* | 85% | 15% |
| Microsoft Store (non-game) | 85% | 15% |
| Unreal Engine Marketplace | 88% | 12% |
| Epic Games Store (EGS) | 88% | 12% |
| Discord | 90% | 10% |
| Blockchain game stores (average) | 91% | 9% |
| Microsoft Store (consumer applications, not including games) | 95% | 5% |
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by J. Clement,
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Feb 28, 2019
This statistic presents the revenue split of leading digital content stores worldwide as of December 2018. According to the findings, on both Apple's and Google's standard app store, the revenue distribution between them and the mobile app developers was set at 70:30; with 70 percent of revenue being distributed to Apple and the remaining 30 percent to developers.
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