ChatGPT at 3: Still Earning 2x Its Rivals Combined
ChatGPT's mobile app is no longer alone in AI, but Appfigures estimates show it is still the revenue leader by a wide margin.
HBO Max Saved Its Biggest European Launch for Last
HBO Max filled its biggest remaining European gaps in 2026. The UK brought the biggest mobile audience, while Germany and Switzerland showed stronger revenue depth.
AI Took Three of the Top Ten App Download Spots in April
April's most downloaded apps looked stable at the top, but Claude joined ChatGPT and Gemini in the global top 10 while TikTok and ChatGPT kept revenue far ahead of everyone else.
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Vinted Is Finally Coming for America
Vinted’s 2026 US expansion is already showing up in app downloads, putting it ahead of Depop, eBay, Etsy, and most resale rivals in April.
X Is Getting Serious About Premium
X is giving Premium users more reasons to open the app while downloads are growing again and revenue is looking for its next push.
Image Model Updates Drive 6.5x More AI App Downloads
Image model updates are creating the clearest mobile AI app demand spikes, but only ChatGPT is turning that attention into meaningful consumer spending.
T-Mobile Helped 7-Eleven Turn Free Drinks Into 1M App Downloads
7-Eleven's app crossed one million downloads in the first three weeks of April after T-Mobile Tuesdays promoted a free monthly perk at 7-Eleven and Speedway.
GasBuddy Just Had Its Biggest Month Since Hurricane Milton
When gas prices rose in March, GasBuddy surged again. The spike shows how big this category gets when real-world pressure hits.
Locked at the Top - The Most Downloaded and Highest Earning Apps in February 2026
The same seven apps held the same seven download spots. Revenue told a different story, and a short-drama app from Singapore crashed the top 10.
Baseball's Biggest Pre-Season on Mobile
MLB app downloads jumped 43% this February while revenue climbed to $3.5M, signaling a stronger season ahead for baseball on mobile.
Winter Storm Fern Drove Weather App Downloads Sky High
Winter Storm Fern triggered massive spikes in weather app downloads. The Weather Channel surged nearly 6x to 50K daily downloads, while a YouTube creator's app hit 31K in a single day.
Subway Surfers City Just Launched and It's Already Outrunning the Competition
SYBO's sequel to Subway Surfers hit 5 million downloads in its first 10 days, outpacing Free Fire, PUBG Mobile, and Brawl Stars without cannibalizing the original.
King Brought Candy Crush to Solitaire, but Disney Solitaire Took the Crown
King launched Candy Crush Solitaire in early 2025, but it settled at around $1M/month. Disney Solitaire scaled to $21M/month in under a year. Here's what happened in mobile solitaire.
The App That Tricked TikTok To The Top of the App Store (And It's Still There)
Freecash used TikTok ads to rocket to the top of the US App Store and has stayed there for nearly two months. Here's how.
Peacock Is Riding the Winter Olympics Straight to 100 Million Downloads
The Winter Olympics are pushing Peacock toward a major milestone. But the real story is how NBC's streaming app doubled its revenue while Disney's apps went the other way.
The Most Predictable Spike in the App Store
Every year, one app quietly takes over the App Store charts for a few days. It's not a game, not a social network, and not AI. Here's what's behind the spike.
Claude's Super Bowl Bet Paid Off
Anthropic bet big on a timely Super Bowl ad that mocks ChatGPT for Claude. The data shows it worked even better than they expected.
Another Billion Dollar Month - The Top Apps in the World in January
What does it look like when AI apps dominate both the download and revenue charts? January 2026 gave us a pretty clear answer.
MONOPOLY GO! Is Back on Top – The Top Mobile Games in the World
MONOPOLY GO! reclaimed the top spot as January's top 10 earned $935M, beating December. Here are the highest-earning and most-downloaded mobile games.
The Company Squeezing Money From Apps You Used to Love
A company many never heard of is now the owner of classic platforms like Evernote, Meetup, Vimeo, and even AOL. What happens to an app after they take over? I pulled the data to find out.
Grok Earned Almost as Much as ChatGPT in Its First Year
In its first 12 months on mobile, Grok earned an estimated $79M in net revenue. ChatGPT earned $80M. No other AI chatbot comes close.
Century Games Did It Again - Kingshot Hit $500M in Under a Year
Kingshot, from the studio behind Whiteout Survival, earned $500M in its first year on mobile. Together, Century Games' two hits now earn $140M per month.
Downloads Down, Revenue Up - The State of Mobile Apps in December 2025
December saw a curious split: downloads dropped 2% while revenue sat at $1.3B. ChatGPT and TikTok dominated both charts as the mobile industry enters a new maturity phase.
Polymarket's Downloads Explode as Wall Street Bets $2B on Prediction Markets
Wall Street bet $2 billion on Polymarket, and downloads surged 1,172% in December. The prediction market banned in 2022 is now where Wall Street looks for signals.
