Q1 2021 US Android Market: Top 5 Basketball Games Performance

As the first quarter of 2021 has come to a close, the performance of basketball game applications on the Android platform in the United States has shown some interesting trends. Here's a brief look at how the top five basketball games fared, based on data provided by Sensor Tower.

Starting with NBA LIVE Mobile Basketball, the game saw a fluctuation in revenue throughout Q1, starting at around $55K in the last week of December 2020 and peaking at approximately $60K in mid-March. Downloads began at roughly 33K in the last week of December and dipped to around 16K by the end of March. Weekly active users started at about 352K and saw a decrease to nearly 291K by the end of the quarter.

Next, NBA 2K Mobile Basketball Game experienced a revenue trend that began at approximately $24K and reached a peak of around $29K in mid-March. Downloads for the game hovered around 6K at the start of the quarter and rose to over 10K in early March, before settling down to about 8K. The weekly active users saw a slight increase from 22K to 27K over the three-month period.

The third game on our list, Basketball Arena: Online Game, showed a revenue trend starting at roughly $12K and spiking to about $36K in early March. Downloads saw a significant jump from 28K to an impressive 98K in early February, then a stabilization around 77K towards the end of March. Weekly active users went from 64K to a high of over 204K, before ending the quarter at around 122K.

Moving on to NBA SuperCard Basketball Game, the revenue for this game showed a trend starting at around $24K and peaking at approximately $20K in mid-March. Downloads were modest, beginning at nearly 5K and seeing a slight increase to 5.3K in early March, then dipping back down to 3.7K. Weekly active users started at just over 6.8K and saw a peak at around 8.9K, ending the quarter at 7.5K.

Lastly, Basketball Stars: Multiplayer showed a trend in revenue that started at about $5.8K and rose to a peak of approximately $17.9K in mid-March. Downloads began at 15K and saw an increase to over 29K in mid-February, with the quarter ending at around 19K. Active users started at 94K, peaked at over 105K in early March, and then decreased to 91K by the end of March.

For more insights into the performance of these and other mobile applications, Sensor Tower provides detailed analytics and market intelligence reports.