This Week in Apps

Renting a Porsche?

This week in apps I analyzed the revenue of dating apps, which has grown significantly in the last few years. I also looked at Turo's market share of car rental app downloads. PUBG made its way back into India, and I have the data on those, and I have some thoughts on App Tracking Transparency.
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Links:
Read online: https://appfigures.com/resources/this-week-in-apps/20210813
Get App Intelligence: https://appfigures.com/app-intelligence
The Mobile Revenue Index: https://appfigures.com/alpha/mobile-revenue-index
The Top Games in July: https://appfigures.com/resources/insights/most-downloaded-games-july-2021
Find me on Twitter: @arielmichaeli

Look at Them Grow!

This week in apps I looked revenue growth of weather apps. It's massive! I also looked at the most downloaded apps in July, where TikTok wasn't the #1, the awesome month Disney+ had (money-wise), and also dug into two big investments into Bolt (the European Uber) and AfterPay (acquired by Square)
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Links:
Read online: https://appfigures.com/resources/this-week-in-apps/20210806
Get App Intelligence: https://appfigures.com/app-intelligence
Mobile Download Index: https://appfigures.com/alpha/mobile-download-index
The Top Apps in July: https://appfigures.com/resources/insights/most-downloaded-apps-july-2021
Find me on Twitter: @arielmichaeli

It's All About the Money

This week in apps I looked at the impact of the Olympics on downloads, the reasoning behind Netflix's move into mobile games, the end of Dr. Mario World, The no longer exclusive Clubhouse, and Snapchat's rally.
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Links:
Read online: https://appfigures.com/resources/this-week-in-apps/20210730
Get App Intelligence: https://appfigures.com/app-intelligence
Mobile Download Index: https://appfigures.com/alpha/mobile-download-index
FiveThirtyEight's Olympic Medal Count: https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/olympics-medal-count/
Find me on Twitter: @arielmichaeli

It's IPO season again!

This week in apps I looked at data behind three new/upcoming IPOs (Outbrain, Duolingo, and Robinhood), HBO Max's expansion into Latin America, and tried to guess why Peloton is developing a game. Hint, revenue.
 
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Links:
Read online: https://appfigures.com/resources/this-week-in-apps/20210723
Get App Intelligence: https://appfigures.com/app-intelligence
Mobile Download Index: https://appfigures.com/alpha/mobile-download-index
ASO Teardown: Duolingo Commands Every Keyword in its Category
ASO Teardown: Robinhood is Almost There
Robinhood vs traditional investing apps
Find me on Twitter: @arielmichaeli

Nothing but Growth!

This week in apps I looked at ESPN's mega weekend of revenue, a surge in Instagram's downloads, the most downloaded apps in the world last month (yup, it was TikTok), Black Widow's impact on Disney+'s revenue, and lastly, how the travel category is recovering from pandemic lows.
 
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Links:
Read online: https://appfigures.com/resources/this-week-in-apps/20210716
Get App Intelligence: https://appfigures.com/app-intelligence
Mobile Download Index: https://appfigures.com/alpha/mobile-download-index
The Top Mobile Apps in June by Downloads and Revenue: 
https://appfigures.com/resources/insights/most-downloaded-apps-june-2021
Find me on Twitter: @arielmichaeli

Come Sail Away

This week in apps I looked at Didi's botched IPO, GETTR's first week's downloads, Nextdoor's IPO, Clubhouse's latest milestone, and lastly, cruise ships are setting sail.
 
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Links:
Read online: https://appfigures.com/resources/this-week-in-apps/20210709
Get App Intelligence: https://appfigures.com/app-intelligence
Mobile Revenue Index: https://appfigures.com/alpha/mobile-revenue-index
Move Aside Parler, GETTR's Here to Take Over. Twitter, Too?: 
https://appfigures.com/resources/insights/gettr-takes-on-parler
Find me on Twitter: @arielmichaeli

RIP Parler

This week in apps I looked at Peacock's first year, the one country that's responsible for 40% of Clubhouse's  downloads, A replacement for Parler, Binance in the U.K., and airline downloads, which are up 47%.
 
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Links:
Read online: https://appfigures.com/resources/this-week-in-apps/20210702
Get App Intelligence: https://appfigures.com/app-intelligence
Mobile Revenue Index: https://appfigures.com/alpha/mobile-revenue-index
Find me on Twitter: @arielmichaeli

It's the Green Giant!

This week in apps I looked at Spotify's attempt at dethroning Clubhouse, Amazon's Prime Day, Hopper's big day of downloads, EURO 2020, and Oxygen, a mobile banking app.
 
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Links:
Read online: https://appfigures.com/resources/this-week-in-apps/20210625
Get App Intelligence: https://appfigures.com/app-intelligence
Mobile Revenue Index: https://appfigures.com/alpha/mobile-revenue-index
Find me on Twitter: @arielmichaeli

Instagram for Plants!

This Week in Apps I looked at the most downloaded mobile apps in May, Peacock's revenue growth int he last year, TikTok's biggest month of revenue in the US, and an app the uses AI to identify plants (really, the trend behind this type of apps).
 
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Links:
Read online: https://appfigures.com/resources/this-week-in-apps/20210618
Get App Intelligence: https://appfigures.com/app-intelligence
The Top Mobile Apps in May by Downloads and Revenue: https://appfigures.com/resources/insights/most-downloaded-apps-may-2021
What's New in iOS 15 for App Store Optimization: https://appfigures.com/resources/guides/ios15-aso-updates
Find me on Twitter: @arielmichaeli

Special Episode - WWDC 2021 Recap with Joe Cieplinski

Apple's second virtual World Wide Developer Conference was one of the most interesting events so far! There's a lot of new things to help app businesses grow their downloads, from improvements to subscriptions in StoreKit to A/B tests in App Store Connect and much more.
Join returning guest Joe Cieplinski and me for a casual chat about everything that's new.
 
Related:
Guide: What's New in iOS 15 for App Store Optimization
Guide: 16 A/B Tests You Must Try If You Want More Downloads
Joe on Twitter: @jcieplinski
Ariel on Twitter: @arielmichaeli
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