2025 State of Mobile is Live!
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Social networks, hit games, and major media companies are all engaging deeply on mobile, but understanding the global impact of their success can be difficult. Leverage usage and engagement data, powered by Sensor Tower’s robust and insightful proprietary panel, alongside install and revenue estimates to gain an enhanced understanding of a mobile app’s performance across a quarter or year.
Segmenting audiences can be a useful way to understand engagement in context -- are apps really resonating with key demographics that position them for market dominance. Create unique cohorts based on app or category engagement, and compare major global apps’ performance within that demographic. Plus, dive deep into demographics to better understand the market of users an app is chasing.
With the world’s biggest apps already maxing out the number of potential users on mobile, a key engagement vector is an app’s “stickiness.” Break down the patterns of a major app’s most core users to understand the number of sessions and peak usage times and determine how often and how long users are actively engaging. Plus, drill down into the total time spent and map how the most engaged Daily Active Users are spending their time. With these key metrics, your team can stitch together exactly how sticky a successful app really is.
Gain clear benchmarks on the performance of mobile companies
Compare real-life usage data and contextualize engagement
Drill down into granular mobile engagement at the hourly level
State of Mobile Gaming 2025 explores the biggest shifts in the industry: from the monetization models driving growth to the ad strategies winning over players. See how casual games surged in the West, developers doubled down on live services, and platforms like TikTok and Applovin reshaped mobile game advertising.
In-app purchase revenue on mobile apps reached $39.4 billion, up a healthy 13.5% year-over-year. Digital advertising also hit a new high in the United States as advertisers ramped up spend during the holiday season.