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Total Active App (currently available for download): 4,756,402

Total Inactive Apps (no longer available for download): 213,783

Total Apps Seen in US App Store: 4,970,185

Number of Active Publishers in the US App Store: 1,372,098

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  1. Games (1,005,378 active)
  2. Business (479,342 active)
  3. Education (411,673 active)
  4. Lifestyle (408,449 active)
  5. Utilities (302,362 active)
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Niantic restores 80m interaction radius in Pokémon Go News Aug 26th, 2021

Niantic restores 80m interaction radius in Pokémon Go

The increase was initially implemented to encourage social distancing

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as Garena cancels Free Fire World Series esports event News Aug 26th, 2021

Garena cancels Free Fire World Series esports event

Was due to take place in November

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GDC 2022 confirmed to return to San Francisco as in-person event News Jul 20th, 2021

GDC 2022 confirmed to return to San Francisco as in-person event

First in-person conference for two years

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Post-Covid, Newzoo expects games market to decline (slightly) in 2021 News May 6th, 2021

Post-Covid, Newzoo expects games market to decline (slightly) in 2021

But mobile will rise to $90 billion

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Snap Finger Click's Joanna Haslam on how Covid is changing social gaming Interview Apr 14th, 2021

Snap Finger Click's Joanna Haslam on how Covid is changing social gaming

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as PGC Digital: South Korean mobile games market sees increase of 15% under pandemic News Nov 9th, 2020

PGC Digital: South Korean mobile games market sees increase of 15% under pandemic

The market is estimated to be worth $9.8 billion by 2026

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  • Revenue
  • South Korea
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COVID-19 vs mobile apps: user acquisition rules in the new reality Feature Nov 4th, 2020

COVID-19 vs mobile apps: user acquisition rules in the new reality

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Pocket Gamer Connects Digital partners with SpecialEffect for One Special Day

Addicting Games acquires 2D tank arena game Diep.io News Sep 17th, 2021

Addicting Games acquires 2D tank arena game Diep.io

AudioMob finds 75% of consumers prefer audio adverts in game News Sep 17th, 2021

AudioMob finds 75% of consumers prefer audio adverts in game

Hear industry giants like Ubisoft, EA, Admix, AppsFlyer discuss the hot topics at PCC Digital #8 News Sep 16th, 2021

Hear industry giants like Ubisoft, EA, Admix, AppsFlyer discuss the hot topics at PCC Digital #8

Sonic Dash surpasses 500 million downloads News Sep 16th, 2021

Sonic Dash surpasses 500 million downloads

264 54 top games in soft launch: From Apex Legends Mobile and Everdale to Mighty Doom and Tomb Raider Reloaded Feature Sep 13th, 2021

54 top games in soft launch: From Apex Legends Mobile and Everdale to Mighty Doom and Tomb Raider Reloaded

How much are your players really worth? Feature Sep 8th, 2021

How much are your players really worth?

Top 20 Apple Arcade partnerships Feature Sep 7th, 2021

Top 20 Apple Arcade partnerships

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Update: All 213 Apple Arcade games available now

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10 games industry jobs to apply for this week

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PopCap resurrects Plants vs. Zombies 3 - now back in soft launch News Sep 13th, 2021

PopCap resurrects Plants vs. Zombies 3 - now back in soft launch

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54 top games in soft launch: From Apex Legends Mobile and Everdale to Mighty Doom and Tomb Raider Reloaded

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The Top 50 Mobile Game Makers of 2021

as Harry Potter: Magic Awakened's perfect launch: it's China's top grossing mobile game News Sep 16th, 2021

Harry Potter: Magic Awakened's perfect launch: it's China's top grossing mobile game

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