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Hot Five: August 8th. The mobile games industry's unmissable news, features and more Hot Five Aug 8th, 2022

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How much do Unity and ironSource need each other? Mobile Mavens Jul 14th, 2022

How much do Unity and ironSource need each other?

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Upstream: the mobile games streaming and esports digest – July 14 2022 Feature Jul 14th, 2022

Upstream: the mobile games streaming and esports digest – July 14 2022

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Hall of Fame: Jani Karlsson and pioneering the earliest days of the mobile games industry Hall of Fame Jun 14th, 2022

Hall of Fame: Jani Karlsson and pioneering the earliest days of the mobile games industry

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Subscription services are growing fast, but unlikely to become the dominant form of monetisation Comment & Opinion Jun 7th, 2022

Subscription services are growing fast, but unlikely to become the dominant form of monetisation

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What is driving the insatiable demand for mergers and acquisitions? Data & Research May 6th, 2022

What is driving the insatiable demand for mergers and acquisitions?

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Top 10 games industry jobs to apply for this week Job News Mar 24th, 2022

Top 10 games industry jobs to apply for this week

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How Rocket League Sideswipe hit the back of the net Interview Dec 21st, 2021

How Rocket League Sideswipe hit the back of the net

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PGbiz Podcast #6 - Original Games and the rise of merge News Oct 18th, 2021

PGbiz Podcast #6 - Original Games and the rise of merge

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How does Hot Wheels Unlimited monetise? The IAP Inspector Oct 26th, 2020

How does Hot Wheels Unlimited monetise?

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as Pokemon Day: How are The Pokemon Company's recent mobile releases performing? The Charticle Feb 27th, 2020

Pokemon Day: How are The Pokemon Company's recent mobile releases performing?

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as East Meets West: Apple's App Store payment snafu, Pokemon Master's good start, and Huya's ESL deal Regulars Sep 9th, 2019

East Meets West: Apple's App Store payment snafu, Pokemon Master's good start, and Huya's ESL deal

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2017 - the year not much happened in mobile games, says Verto Chart of the Week Oct 31st, 2017

2017 - the year not much happened in mobile games, says Verto

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The internet reacts to the Nintendo Switch reveal After Hours Oct 22nd, 2016

The internet reacts to the Nintendo Switch reveal

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The Promiscuous Gamer enters a Marvel Avengers Alliance (2) and meets his Dream Girlfriend Promiscuous Gamer Apr 8th, 2016

The Promiscuous Gamer enters a Marvel Avengers Alliance (2) and meets his Dream Girlfriend

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Why we need more games without Nolan North's voice in them Stateside Aug 14th, 2015

Why we need more games without Nolan North's voice in them

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Fallout Shelter's success, E3's future, and #PCGSanFran speakers in the spotlight Week that was Jun 20th, 2015

Fallout Shelter's success, E3's future, and #PCGSanFran speakers in the spotlight

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Why it's significant Kabam has gifted all The Hunger Games' players $0.14 Monetizer Jan 30th, 2015

Why it's significant Kabam has gifted all The Hunger Games' players $0.14

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Not immune but Finland has given GamerGate the cold shoulder The Finnsider Nov 14th, 2014

Not immune but Finland has given GamerGate the cold shoulder

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PG.biz week that was: DeNA's up 167%, Capcom 13%, while Glu drops 5%, THQ 52%, plus a resurgent EA buys Firemint Week that was May 8th, 2011

PG.biz week that was: DeNA's up 167%, Capcom 13%, while Glu drops 5%, THQ 52%, plus a resurgent EA buys Firemint

PG.biz week that was: Gamevil likes Amazon Appstore, Honeycomb will be open, AGON stops, Zipline starts, HTC profits, Xoom hasn't, 4th & Battery rejected, and Apple gets game PR Week that was Apr 9th, 2011

PG.biz week that was: Gamevil likes Amazon Appstore, Honeycomb will be open, AGON stops, Zipline starts, HTC profits, Xoom hasn't, 4th & Battery rejected, and Apple gets game PR

PG.biz week that was: Android downloads will beat iOS, PopCap adds IAP as Flurry and MocoSpace analyse usage, and GetJar goes gold Week that was Sep 11th, 2011

PG.biz week that was: Android downloads will beat iOS, PopCap adds IAP as Flurry and MocoSpace analyse usage, and GetJar goes gold

PG.biz week that was: 100m Android devices, 33.5% of Infinity Blade's revenues from IAP, GREE's Q3 sales up 77% to $198m, and ngmoco is lost in translation Week that was May 14th, 2011

PG.biz week that was: 100m Android devices, 33.5% of Infinity Blade's revenues from IAP, GREE's Q3 sales up 77% to $198m, and ngmoco is lost in translation

PG.biz week that was: Amazon gets serious with $199 Kindle Fire, Microsoft releases Mango, and Unity embraces the future in Unite 11 Week that was Oct 2nd, 2011

PG.biz week that was: Amazon gets serious with $199 Kindle Fire, Microsoft releases Mango, and Unity embraces the future in Unite 11

Hot Five: August 1st. The mobile games industry's unmissable news, features and more Hot Five Aug 1st, 2022

Hot Five: August 1st. The mobile games industry's unmissable news, features and more

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Upstream: the mobile games streaming and esports digest – July 14 2022 Feature Jul 14th, 2022

Upstream: the mobile games streaming and esports digest – July 14 2022

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Hall of Fame: Jani Karlsson and pioneering the earliest days of the mobile games industry Hall of Fame Jun 14th, 2022

Hall of Fame: Jani Karlsson and pioneering the earliest days of the mobile games industry

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81 of the latest and most interesting mobile games in soft launch. [UPDATE]

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All 259 Apple Arcade games available now [UPDATE]

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52 of the latest and most interesting mobile games on the blockchain. [UPDATE]

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The mobile games that have made more than $1 billion in lifetime sales UNICORN CLUB Jul 26th, 2022

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Top 10 highest-grossing mobile games of all time

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81 of the latest and most interesting mobile games in soft launch. [UPDATE] SOFT LAUNCH Aug 8th, 2022

81 of the latest and most interesting mobile games in soft launch. [UPDATE]

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The complete list of Netflix Games [UPDATE] A GLIMPSE OF GROWTH Aug 4th, 2022

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Mobile Game of the Week: Descenders

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All 259 Apple Arcade games available now [UPDATE] AN APPLE (GAME) A DAY Aug 5th, 2022

All 259 Apple Arcade games available now [UPDATE]

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The mobile games that have made more than $1 billion in lifetime sales UNICORN CLUB Jul 26th, 2022

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Top 10 highest-grossing mobile games of all time REIGNING REVENUE RAISERS Jul 15th, 2022

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PG.biz Podcast: Squid Games' Jackie Jin on the importance of credibility and culture in a casual games studio LISTEN LEARN LOVE Jul 25th, 2022

PG.biz Podcast: Squid Games' Jackie Jin on the importance of credibility and culture in a casual games studio

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How innovation is transforming Dinosaur Park - Jurassic Tycoon THE PARK IS OPEN Aug 8th, 2022

How innovation is transforming Dinosaur Park - Jurassic Tycoon

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As tech giants turn to the mobile gaming industry, clever IP usage gains weight as an efficient way to succeed IP-POWER Aug 8th, 2022

As tech giants turn to the mobile gaming industry, clever IP usage gains weight as an efficient way to succeed

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Interview: Noah Rosenfield discusses solo development and the Big Indie Pitch winning game Addagrams INDIE VIEW Aug 3rd, 2022

Interview: Noah Rosenfield discusses solo development and the Big Indie Pitch winning game Addagrams

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Exclusive: The games sector responds to Google's Ad policy updates INTRUSIVE ADS Aug 3rd, 2022

Exclusive: The games sector responds to Google's Ad policy updates

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How to make a great Free-to-Play game in three steps [UPDATE] THOUGHT LEADER Aug 1st, 2022

How to make a great Free-to-Play game in three steps [UPDATE]

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Gameloft’s Geet Chopra: “Becoming a good game designer is an iterative process” GETTING INTO GAMELOFT Jul 29th, 2022

Gameloft’s Geet Chopra: “Becoming a good game designer is an iterative process”

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Hutch's four-day working week successes and failures are for the entire industry to see, says Charmaine Clavier-St John 4DWORKS Jul 28th, 2022

Hutch's four-day working week successes and failures are for the entire industry to see, says Charmaine Clavier-St John

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"Players really appreciate having constant access to what they’ve paid for" GETTING MUSICAL Jul 28th, 2022

"Players really appreciate having constant access to what they’ve paid for"

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InnoGames publishes salary bands for 80% of employees SALARY TRANSPARENCY Jul 19th, 2022

InnoGames publishes salary bands for 80% of employees

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Daniel Persson on Coffee Stain's new mobile-first studio, exploring old IP, and not looking at NFTs NOT JUST FOR KARL Feb 9th, 2022

Daniel Persson on Coffee Stain's new mobile-first studio, exploring old IP, and not looking at NFTs

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Exclusive: The games sector responds to Google's Ad policy updates INTRUSIVE ADS Aug 3rd, 2022

Exclusive: The games sector responds to Google's Ad policy updates

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Interview: Noah Rosenfield discusses solo development and the Big Indie Pitch winning game Addagrams INDIE VIEW Aug 3rd, 2022

Interview: Noah Rosenfield discusses solo development and the Big Indie Pitch winning game Addagrams

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How to make a great Free-to-Play game in three steps [UPDATE] THOUGHT LEADER Aug 1st, 2022

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Gameloft’s Geet Chopra: “Becoming a good game designer is an iterative process” GETTING INTO GAMELOFT Jul 29th, 2022

Gameloft’s Geet Chopra: “Becoming a good game designer is an iterative process”

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PG.biz Podcast: Squid Games' Jackie Jin on the importance of credibility and culture in a casual games studio LISTEN LEARN LOVE Jul 25th, 2022

PG.biz Podcast: Squid Games' Jackie Jin on the importance of credibility and culture in a casual games studio

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"Players really appreciate having constant access to what they’ve paid for" GETTING MUSICAL Jul 28th, 2022

"Players really appreciate having constant access to what they’ve paid for"

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Jagex makes its first acquisition with Pipeworks Studios

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Riot Games and Amazon Web Services team up on esports content

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The number of UK mobile gamers increased by 4 million since the pandemic

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Mobile games industry to enjoy exponential growth up to 2029

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Count of active applications in the App Store

Total Active App (currently available for download): 4,815,080

Total Inactive Apps (no longer available for download): 213,765

Total Apps Seen in US App Store: 5,028,845

Number of Active Publishers in the US App Store: 1,398,421

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Application Category Distribution

Most Popular Categories

  1. Games (1,014,236 active)
  2. Business (484,493 active)
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Blizzard is working on bringing multiple franchises to mobile UH OH Nov 8th, 2018

Blizzard is working on bringing multiple franchises to mobile

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Blizzard co-founder Allen Adham returns after 12 years out of the games industry

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