Facebook is expanding monetisation options for mobile game devs on the platform.

According to a new blog post, the number of publishers and developers using the Facebook Audience Network grew by 1.5-times in the last year.

The platform is rolling out access to rewarded video for all games and gaming applications on the Audience Network, allowing more developers to monetise.

Additionally, Facebook is launching playable ads on Audience Network. The format showed up in the news feed last August but will now be available to all publishers and devs. According to FB, users who downloaded an app via a playable ad opened said app 60 per cent more often, and were six times more likely to make an in-app purchase.

Facebook also discovered though a new report that 57 per cent of mobile developers think in-app ads can improve player retention. 79 per cent said that using a combination of in-app purchases and ads is their most effective monetisation strategy. 33 per cent of devs said that using a mixture of both plus playable ads was their most successful strategy.

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