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STORE INTELLIGENCE · RANDY NELSON · MAY 2017
These Are Sensor Tower's Top Mobile Insights
Find all of Sensor Tower's top mobile app insights plus download and revenue analyses for the mobile app ecosystem.
The Sensor Tower Mobile Insights team has published hundreds of analyses providing insights into the global mobile app ecosystem, featuring data from our Store Intelligence, Ad Intelligence, and App Intelligence platforms. These are our top posts from the last two years of the Sensor Tower blog.
Top Posts from 2017
Snapchat Installs Down 16% in April as Instagram Widens New User Gap in Q2
Mobile Advertising Atlas: The Who's Who of Mobile Advertisers for Q1 2017
The App Store's Revenue-to-Download Ratio Increased 38% Last Year in the U.S.
Sensor Tower's Q1 2017 Data Digest: Google Play Downloads Surge Worldwide
Top Adult Coloring Apps Almost Doubled in Revenue in Eight Months
Top App Publishers of Q1 2017: 10 Largest Accounted for 67% of All Revenue
Top Apps of Q1 2017: Netflix Dominated Worldwide Revenue, Which Grew 63% YoY
Top Mobile Games of Q1 2017: Revenue Grew 53% YoY as Asian Titles Expanded Their Dominance
Mobile VR Downloads Grew 276% in 2016, Topping 371 Million since Q1 2015
Hot Reading App Hooked Grew 560% in Five Months, Spawning Competitors for its Crown
Netflix iOS Revenue Hits $120 Million in Q1, a 256% Increase Year-Over-Year
China Walls Itself off From Foreign Mobile Games, Which Shrank to 25% of Downloads in 2016
Nearly 200,000 Current Apps Could Be Incompatible with iOS 11
Top Fintech Apps Grew 59% Last Quarter, Led by Payments and Investment Categories
Pokémon GO’s First Major Update Captures Less Daily Revenue Than Halloween, New Year’s Events
Supercell's Clash Royale Surpasses $1 Billion Gross Revenue in Its First Year
Russia, Brazil, and China Lead the World in Dating App Consumption
Mobile Advertising Atlas: The Who's Who of Mobile Advertisers for Q4 2016
Fire Emblem Heroes: Nintendo's Second Mobile Game Grosses $2.9 Million Its First Day
Sensor Tower's Q4 2016 Data Digest: The Quarter's Top Apps, Publishers, and Insights
Top Apps of 2016: Spotify, Line, and Netflix Led the Year's Biggest Earners
Pokémon GO Ends 2016 with Its Strongest Week of U.S. Revenue Since Launch
Top Posts from 2016
Super Mario Run Is the Fastest Mobile Game to 25 Million Downloads
Nintendo's Super Mario Run Poised to Gross More Than $70 Million in Its First Month
Netflix Has Become the No. 1 Grossing iPhone App in the U.S.
Increasing Revenue 47%, Pokémon GO's Second In-Game Event Still Fell Short of Its First
92% of iOS Games Released Last Quarter Were Free, Up From 55% in 2012
Worldwide iOS App Store App Removals Increased 238% in October
Mobile Advertising Atlas: The Who's Who of Mobile Advertisers in Q3 2016
Sensor Tower's Q3 2016 Data Digest: Pokémon GO Leads App Downloads to 15% YoY Growth
iMessage Stickers More Than Tripled Downloads of Some iOS Games
JibJab Leads iMessage Enabled Apps in Download Growth Following iOS 10's Launch
iMessage App Store Already Tops 400 Apps and 1,250 Sticker Packs
Pokémon GO Ends Its Reign as the Top Grossing U.S. iPhone App After 74 Days
App Store Purge: 51% of Apps Still Haven't Been Updated in More Than a Year
More Than 25% of Top iOS Apps Will Soon Need to Change Their Names
Pokémon GO Has Grossed More Than $440 Million, Out-Earning Some of 2016’s Biggest Films
Sensor Tower's Q2 2016 Data Digest: U.S. App Revenue Grows 55% Year-Over-Year
Apple's App Store Will Hit 5 Million Apps by 2020, More Than Doubling Its Current Size
Ending a Historic First Month, Pokémon GO Has Passed $200 Million in Worldwide Revenue
Pokémon GO Passes $160 Million Worldwide Revenue, Usage Remains Strong
Pokémon GO Review Analysis Reveals Players’ Most-Wanted Features
Pokémon GO Hit 50 Million Downloads in Record Time, Now at More Than 75 Million Worldwide
Pokémon GO Becomes the Fastest Mobile Game to 10 Million Worldwide Downloads
Mobile Users Are Spending More Time in Pokémon GO Than Facebook
App Store Hits $71 Billion Lifetime Revenue, Year-Over-Year Growth Increases to 67%
These Are the Top Venture Capital Firms in Mobile Based on App Portfolio Performance
94% of U.S. App Store Revenue Comes From the Top 1% of Monetizing Publishers
Sensor Tower’s Q1 2016 Data Digest: App Downloads Grew 8.2% Year-Over-Year
Infographic: Google Play App Store Optimization's Most Important Ranking Factors for 2016
Infographic: Apple App Store Optimization's Most Important Ranking Factors for 2016
Sensor Tower's Q4 2015 Data Digest: Apple's App Store Has Its Best Quarter Yet
