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The 2024 Streaming App Industry Report: Leaders & Future Trends
An in-depth report on the state of video streaming apps, who's currently in the lead, and future trends
Premium Dating is Hard - A Closer Look at The League
While traditional apps have been fighting hard for growth, niche apps have been sprouting and attempting to grow their o...
Telegram Had its Best Summer (of Revenue) Ever!
Telegram Messenger saw a massive spike in revenue in July, adding the most new revenue in a single month, ever. Our A...
This Week in Apps - The End of Cable TV?
#216 - Ariel's summary of the 2024 Streaming App Industry Report, including the numbers behind its record year, where the industry is going, who's in the lead, and more.
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Video Streaming App Revenue Breaks New Record in 2024
In the last five years, cable TV revenue has been slowly shrinking. And its not because people are watching TV less. Ac...
Netflix is No Longer the Most In-Demand Streaming App in the US
When you think of video streaming apps one comes to mind quickly and thats Netflix, the OG streamer that made streaming ...
Peacock and Hulu Figured Out the Formula - Who's Making Moves in 2024
One of the most interesting charts in the 2024 Streaming App Industry Report is an analysis I think all developers and m...
Ad-Supported Streaming isn't Driving Downloads - But It's Not All Bad
Video streaming apps started with very attractive pricing to gain traction, but within a few short years, all have incre...
This is the Most Discoverable Video Streaming App in the App Store (No, It's Not Disney+)
With streaming wars hotter than ever, getting noticed in the App Store isn't just a nice-to-have but rather a necessity ...
This Week in Apps - Up and Up and Up
#215 - Peacock's bet on the Olympics was worth it, X's revenue recovered, Can AllTrails weather Apple's storm, ChatGPT, and more.
More Use Apps to Watch the Olympics Than Ever Before!
As the world gathers to witness the grandeur of the Olympic Games, a new trend is emerging in how fans are tuning in to ...
AllTrails Revenue Hits All-Time High Ahead of Being Sherlocked by Apple
iOS 18 is about to roll out to the public, and with it, an update to Apple Maps that brings topographic maps and trail n...
Why is CapCut Cutting Its Free Tier?
Not many know this but TikTok, yes, the TikTok, offers a video editing app that's been growing quietly and is now the hi...
ChatGPT Scores Its Biggest Month of Revenue Ever
ChatGPT just ended its best month of revenue on mobile. Ever! You've probably heard me say that before, and that's beca...
X Recovers After Months of Revenue Decline
X's mobile revenue has been declining for several months now after peaking back in March leading to the obvious question...
📺 Is Your Paywall Losing Your Money? Paywall Teardown with Jake from Superwall
Ariel and Jake analyze paywalls submitted by the viewers and provide tips for improvements
This Week in Apps - Summer Games
#214 - June was a great month for game downloads and revenue, consumers can't stop spending on short drama apps, Chick-fil-A gets gaming, and Zenless Zone Zero's first few weeks aren't great.
Daily Consumer Spending in Top 3 Short Drama Streaming Apps Crosses $3M!
DramaBox, the highest-earning short drama streaming app, has seen revenue grow so much this year it's now close to earni...
Chick-fil-A Gets Into Gaming and Sees Most Daily Downloads Ever
Food for downloads isn't a new trend, so when I saw Chi-fil-A's app at the top of the charts earlier this week I wasn't ...
Zenless Zone Zero Got Off to a Slow Start, But Here’s Why That Might Be About to Change
Ever since Genshin Impact made such a massive impact on the gaming world (and not just on mobile) in the fall of 2020, e...
China's Dominance Shatters in June - The Most Downloaded Games in the World
I crunched the numbers and ranked all mobile games by their downloads and unlike previous months, June was full of movem...
Top Games Revenue Rose 47% in the Last Year - The Highest Earning Games in the World
I crunched the numbers and ranked all mobile games by their net revenue - what the publishers get to keep after Apple an...
This Week in Apps - Let's Talk Trends
#213 - The most important trend the app industry needs to be aware of, X's mobile revenue is not looking good, the most downloaded and highest-earning apps in the world, and more!
X's Mobile Revenue Continues to Drop for 3rd Consecutive Month - Longest Ever Decline
X's mobile revenue has been on a very weird trend in the last few months. And by weird I really mean negative. It's weir...
This is The Most Important Trend Every App Developer Must Know About
A few weeks ago I gave the opening talk at the App Promotion Summit in NYC and being the keynote I wanted to summarize w...
Subscription Apps Share of Revenue Hit an All-Time High This Year
Browsing the App Store and Google Play top charts, it's very clear more and more apps are making money through subscript...
