Hyper-casual Rise
11.2 billion mobile games were downloaded in Q2 2019 reports App Annie
PUBG Mobile claims highest average MAU
Season Pass
Clash of Clans had its best revenue month for two years in June
Player spending up 26 per cent as a result of season pass subscription
The Doctor Is In
Dr. Mario World tops iOS charts quicker than Harry Potter: Wizards Unite
BTS World beats both however
Job Losses
Intermedia Labs lays off several HQ Trivia staff as download numbers drop
Jeopardy winner Alex Jacobs claims he has not been paid winnings from the show
Whole Lotta Cash
Mobile game spending for the first half of 2019 reaches nearly $30 billion
20.1 billion downloads showing a 3.2 per cent increase year-on-year
Rapid Growth
Growing German studio Kolibri hits 100m downloads
The developer behind Idle Miner Tycoon and Idle Factory Tycoon now employs 100 staff
Weekly Charts
Weekly global mobile games charts: Wizards Unite hits top 10 US download charts but is not a top grosser
Rankings from June 17th to June 23rd
Spellbinding Stuff
Harry Potter: Wizards Unite enchants players with $3 million in first week
6.5 million downloads in seven days
Beta Success
DOTA Underlords public beta reaches 1.5 million mobile downloads in seven days
Russia garnered the largest number with approximately 210,000 installs
“we’ll Take The Lot”
Harry Potter: Wizards Unite on track to earn $10 million in first month
AR game brought in $1.1 million from opening weekend
Weekly Charts
Weekly global mobile games charts: Candy Crush Saga shoots down PUBG Mobile’s chances of topping gross ranking in the US
Rankings from June 10th to June 16th
Galleons
Harry Potter: Wizards Unite makes $300,000 in first 24 hours from US and UK
Tops US App Store however can’t match the numbers of Pokemon Go
Data
Cultist Simulator generates $226,000 on mobile in less than two months
61,671 downloads across the App Store and Google Play
Forever Franchise
Empires & Puzzles racks up 34 million downloads
New update led by 20-year old Sofia Vanhanen adds base updates and Hunter's Lodge
Lot Of Bottle Caps
Fallout Shelter accumulates $100 million in player spending on mobile
63 million downloads across the App Store and Google Play
Weekly Charts
Weekly global mobile games charts: Dragon Ball Legends enters top 10 grossing rankings in the US and UK
Rankings from June 3rd to June 9th
Stats Royale
PUBG Mobile racks up 50 million daily active users outside of China
Surpasses 400m downloads
Knockout
Brawl Stars strikes 100 million downloads worldwide in six months
$275 million accumulated in player spending
74 Per Cent Of Spending
One-third of all mobile downloads in 2018 were games according to App Annie
State of Mobile: 2019 and beyond report published this week
Instant Hit
Casual RPG AFK Arena surpasses six million players as it climbs top grossing charts
Lilith Games-developed title only launched in April 2019
Weekly Charts
Weekly global mobile games charts: NetEase resurgent with four top 10 grossers on the Chinese App Store
Rankings from May 27th to June 2nd
Fallout Milestone
E3 2019: Fallout Shelter surpasses 150 million downloads
Number of installs rises 30 million in a year
Pes 2019
PES 2019 mobile game racks up 200 million downloads
Celebrates with log-in bonuses and other special in-game rewards
Weekly Charts
Weekly global mobile games charts: NetEase's top 10 grossing dominance diminishes on the Chinese App Store
Rankings from May 20th to 26th 2019
Ios 13
iOS 13 gets faster app downloads, better Apple Maps and a Dark Mode
Raft of new features incoming for the latest operating system
Weekly Charts
Weekly global mobile games charts: Tencent claims top three positions for highest grossing in China
Rankings from May 13th to May 19th 2019
Go Jake Go
Subway Surfers dives past 2.5 billion downloads worldwide
Game has just celebrated its seventh anniversary
Weekly Charts
Weekly global mobile games charts: Game for Peace the second top grosser in China behind Honor of Kings
Rankings from May 6th to May 12th 2019
Monster Declines
Mixi eyes casual players for Monster Strike revival as game surpasses 50m installs
FY2020 profits forecast to drop by 88.6 per cent
Game Of Thrones
Can the Game of Thrones games survive without the hit TV show?
Game of Thrones' watch has ended, but how did the final season impact the performance of games based off the licence?
Weekly Charts
Weekly global mobile games charts: Clash of Clans the US top grosser again, but it can't beat Coin Master in the UK
Rankings from April 29th to May 5th 2019
Charts
Weekly global mobile games charts: Roblox the top grosser on US App Store
Charts from April 22nd to 28th
Impressive Numbers
Voodoo outpaces hyper-casual rivals with 771 million downloads in six months
Lion Studios and Playgendary follow in second and third
Charts
Weekly global mobile games charts: Clean Road cleans up in the UK in a strong week for SayGames
Charts from April 15th to 21st
Charts
Weekly global mobile games charts: Tencent’s Let’s Hunt Monsters storms China’s free downloads rankings
Charts from April 8th to 14th
Mobile Star
Supercell’s Brawl Stars is making $50 million a month
Sales pass $200 million to date
Charts
Weekly global mobile games charts: Clash of Clans the US top grosser thanks to new Gold Pass
Charts from April 1st to 7th
New Milestone
Sniper Strike: Special Ops shoots past 20 million worldwide downloads
“We have an ambitious roadmap of unique, exciting features and game modes”
Charts
Weekly global mobile games charts: Tencent continues its dominance as China’s top grosser but Perfect World drops to second
Charts from March 25th to March 31st
Keeping Lean
How Kolibri went from minimum viable product to 70 million installs for its Idle Tycoon games
A look at the development process from concept design stage to post-release
You Have My Sword
The Elder Scrolls: Blades reaches one million downloads in first week of early access
$500,000 already generated in revenue
Charts
Weekly global mobile games charts: PUBG Mobile hits top spot in the US Google Play grossing charts
Charts from March 18th to March 24th
Charts
Weekly global mobile games charts: Tencent’s Perfect World dethrones Honor of Kings as China’s top grosser
Charts from March 11th to March 17th
Downloads
Nexon’s empire-builder DomiNations hits 50 million downloads
Mobile strategy hits the major milestone just in time for its fourth anniversary
Charts
Weekly global mobile games charts: Tencent's Perfect World debuts top in China while Dragon Ball Z falls
Charts from March 4th to March 10th
Global Charts
Weekly global mobile games charts: MZ's Final Fantasy XV and IGG's Lords Mobile edge into the US top 10 grossing positions
Charts from February 25th to March 3rd
Global Charts
Weekly global mobile games charts: Playrix's Homescapes resurgent in the US top grossing rankings
Charts from February 18th to 24th
Heart Of The Cards
Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Links summons more than 90 million downloads worldwide
Commemorative in-game campaign held to celebrate milestone
Global Charts
Weekly global mobile games charts: Matchington Mansion a new US top 10 grosser as Fortnite and Dokkan Battle dominate
Charts from February 11th to 17th
Mark Zuckerberg Likes This
Facebook top apps publisher for mobile downloads in Q4 2018
800 million downloads in three months