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Anime games make up 20% of all app store spending, says data.ai Special Report Jul 7th, 2022

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Genshin Impact has best month ever, generating $342 million in September 2021 Data & Research Oct 7th, 2021

Genshin Impact has best month ever, generating $342 million in September 2021

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Genshin Impact generates $2 billion on mobile in its first year

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New update boosts Genshin Impact spending 5x to $151 million in 7 days News Sep 10th, 2021

New update boosts Genshin Impact spending 5x to $151 million in 7 days

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Honor of Kings tops global revenue for third consecutive month

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Genshin Impact's early popularity explodes to 23 million downloads in first week News Oct 6th, 2020

Genshin Impact's early popularity explodes to 23 million downloads in first week

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