Paramount+ Is Still In the Streaming Race
Remember Paramount, originally CBS Interactive, which rebranded back in March? Well, it's still in the streaming race,...
Happy Birthday Clubhouse
Audio-first social network Clubhouse celebrated its first birthday last week. What a ride it's been for the new concep...
Showing Off Your Vaccination Status
New York has been at the forefront of covid since the beginning. It's continuing to do that with its vaccine passport,...
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Ticketmaster Downloads Rise to to Pre-Pandemic Levels
Speaking of the unlockdown, one app that has its downloads directly correlate with the lockdown is seeing things go ba...
This Week in Apps #78 - Where's All that Money Coming From?
More and more people move to app-first experiences, and they're bringing their wallets with them...
Genshin Impact Unlocks a Treasure
Genshin Impact recently released an update that gave it the biggest bump in revenue it's ever seen, and by a lot. ![]...
A Super Slow Start for Super Follows
[Twitter rolled out its Super Follows feature to some creators in the U.S. last week](https://blog.twitter.com/enus/to...
Top App Revenue Grew 21% in the U.S. in August
This week we published our monthly report of the [top apps by downloads and revenue](https://appfigures.com/resources/...
The Rise of WhatsApp Business
The most downloaded report also uncovered another interesting trend, and that's just how much growth there still is in...
The Thing About React Native...
Speaking of development... Yesterday we published some numbers around the usage of non-native frameworks React Native ...
This Week in Apps #77 - That's Not Going to Happen!
Korea dealt what may seem like a massive blow to Apple and Google this week, but I don't think it'll actually happen. Here's why.
How Much Apple & Google Stand to Lose in Korea
In what I want to say is one of the biggest moves made in the app industry as of late, the government of Korea will [r...
The Biggest Category in the Mac App Store is...
Last week's "revelation" that developers are shipping fewer Mac apps made the rounds and generated a few other questio...
This Meme Earned Big Money for TikTok
TikTok's U.S. revenue jumped to its highest single-day figure last week. And not by a little. It grew 50 from its las...
McDonald's Swaps Toys for Games
You know how I've been saying the world is shifting to start in-app? This week I have another example of that for you ...
China's Limits on Games Will Change Monetization
Last week China announced a new set of laws that aim to detach kids from the claws of technology by limiting the amoun...
This Week in Apps #75 - A Bunch of Firsts!
Apps are slowly becoming bringing everyone into the metaverse and brands are trying to stay ahead.
Fashion + NFTs = Game
French fashion house Louis Vuitton [dipped its toes into the world of mobile games](https://www.ft.com/content/e21a8cf...
Yik What???
Earlier this week, Yik Yak made a comeback after being shut down in 2017. If you have no idea what Yik Yak is or thi...
YouTube's Mountain of Money
YouTube hasn't dropped out of the top 5 grossing apps in the U.S. App Store even once this year. Or last year. Or the ...
Hopper's AI Shines
Hopper, the travel company that uses AI to help you with travel, [raised 175M this week](https://techcrunch.com/2021/0...
TikTo's Newest Achievement
Social media is slowly becoming all about creator monetization. We can see that when looking at Twitch's and TikTok's ...
This Week in Apps #72 - It's All About the Money
Netflix gets into games, Peacock's enjoying the Olympics, and so is Snapchat, and Nintendo is getting serious about cutting its losses.
Going for gold!
After delays and controversy, the Olympic games finally kicked off in Japan last Friday. Are people interested in wa...
