It may be that App Annie doesn’t have visibility into their usage. Curiously, none of the pre-installed Google apps (e.g., Mail, YouTube, Search) appear on the Android active users list. The two lists share the four Facebook apps and Twitter in common. It’s also interesting to compare the most active apps among iPhone and Android users. Accordingly, it makes sense that these lists would be quite distinct. Here, “revenues” doesn’t mean ad revenues, but in-app purchases or subscription payments. Interestingly, the only app on both lists is Skype. More revenue is still being generated in the US and Japan, however.īelow are charts comparing apps with the most downloads to those that have generated the most revenue.

However, in China, App Store download growth has surpassed that in the US. Drawn from its global analytics database, the report says that Google Play exceeded the the App Store in terms of downloads in 2015, though Apple still generates more revenue than Google Play.Īpp Store revenues have continued to grow despite flat download numbers, according to App Annie. App Annie has released a “ 2015 Retrospective,” which offers an array of data on app downloads, revenues and distribution.

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