Six Months and $7,000,000 Later, Discord Acquires Gas.
Earlier this week, gamer-chat Discord announced it's acquiring Gas, an app for teens that exploded in popularity a few m...
Meta Quest Holiday Sales Set a New Record
Christmas day is an interesting day in the App Store (and on Google Play). In addition to a bunch of Santa apps that ris...
Is This the End of Crypto? Top Crypto App Downloads Dropped 65% in 2022
The end of crypto is here. Well, I'm not exactly sure about that. After all, Bitcoin did rise above 20K this week. But ...
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Snapchat Hits New App Revenue Milestone in December
I looked at the revenue of Snapchat, the in-app purchase Snap is using to (finally) monetize its app by offering early a...
#90 - The Key to App Store Optimization
A real-world example of ASO mistakes developers make that hurt their dwonloads
This Week in Apps - Slowing Down
#147 - Fewer apps shipped in 2022, Twitter's revenue is still growing, Disney's back, buying cars, and more.
Twitter's App Revenue Grew a Whopping 1,829% in 2022
December is behind us, which means it's time to continue the tradition and look at Twitter's app revenue. Although re...
App Developers Slow Down in 2022
I'm working on a new report that digs into the evolution of the App Store and Google Play in 2022. It's not done yet, ...
More People Turned to Mobile Apps to Buy a Car Last Year Than Ever Before
Buying a car can be a pretty lengthy and not always simple experience. That's the status quo apps like Carvana were se...
Zoom Has a Problem Called Microsoft Teams
What do you use for meetings? I bet most of you are using Zoom, Slack, or Teams. Zoom doesn't exactly compete with Sla...
Disney Parks Are Back in Business
I love proxying IRL interactions through app downloads, and this week I have an interesting one for you. Using downlo...
#89 - The Easiest ASO Mistake to Avoid If You Want Downloads
Lots of developers make this super obvious mistake with their apps that costs them in downloads. Here's how to fix it.
This Week in Apps - 2023 Will Be Big
#146 - Is Facebook Still relevant? Who's beating Tinder? How much did Lensa AI make while going viral? That and more in this week's roundup.
Who's Still Downloading Facebook?
Is Facebook still a thing? If I had a penny for every time someone asked me that I'd be a lot of pennies richer... Bu...
Bumble and Hinge See Strong Growth in 2022, but Tinder is Hard to Beat
It's no longer a question - dating has fully moved in-app. Much like shopping and even fitness. Tinder has seen amaz...
Chrome Dominates Mobile Browsing Market with 48% Growth in 2022
Browsers, especially on mobile devices, are pretty boring. There's Safari on iPhone and Chrome on Android. Right? Not...
Headspace & Calm Forgo Downloads for Revenue in 2022
Meditation apps are a very interesting area to analyze. Before the pandemic, Calm, the most popular meditation app, sa...
Is the Ride Over for Lensa AI (and AI-Generated Art)?
AI-generated avatars got red hot for about a month, an end-of-year "gift". At the center of this was Lensa AI, a not-n...
#88 - Trend vs. Spike - Which Strategy Works Better for ASO?
#88 - Are you getting lots of new ratings but still aren't ranked high enough? This is (probably) why!
Peacock Rises, HBO Max Falls - The State of Streaming Apps in 2022
An in-depth look at demand for video streaming apps, including Peacock, Paramount+, Disney+, HBO Max, and others, in the US in 2022.
This Week in Apps - Ending the Year with a Bang!
#145 - Streaming apps up 16% in 2022, Temu's on millions of devices, Uber, CapcCut, and more!
Temu Skips Ahead of Amazon and Walmart
The shopping of the year app aware, which isn't a real award, should be going to Temu, a late entrant hailing from Chi...
CapCut Crosses 2M Daily Downloads – Most Ever!
CapCut is on fire the last few weeks! I talked about it a few weeks ago when its downloads doubled, but this week it c...
The Numbers Behind Elon's Blue Check Are...
I've been looking at Twitter's mobile revenue ever since Blue came out last year, but it really kicked into high gear ...
More Drivers Joined Uber in 2022 than Ever Before
Have you been using Uber more during the pandemic? I know I certainly did (Lyft, too), but while that's up new users a...
#87 - The Algorithm is a Tiny Bit Smarter Than You Think
Knowing this you'll be able to make better decisions when optimizing your metadata for the App Store
