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Mobile gaming’s $1 billion club has grown tenfold since 2016

Article by Sara Lebow  |  Aug 6, 2021
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Mobile gaming’s $1 billion club has grown tenfold since 2016
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Five years ago, just six mobile gaming apps had made $1 billion or more in global revenues since 2014. As of H1 2021, a whopping 64 mobile games have crossed the billion-dollar threshold, with eight of them scoring over $5 billion apiece. That’s a lot of candy crushed, Pokémon captured, and birds angered.

Number of Mobile Gaming Apps Surpassing $1 Billion in Cumulative Revenues Worldwide, 2016-H1 2021
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