GameMakers

Applovin vs Unity: How Applovin Destroyed the Competition!


Listen Later

(0:00) Introduction (1:00) Overview of AppLovin vs Unity market situation since 2022(2:10) Discussion of current mobile UA market conditions(6:30) Introduction to AppLovin vs Unity topic(9:00) How AppLovin gained advantage through Max mediation platform(11:10) The data advantage of first-party data in AppLovin's ecosystem(13:20) The lock-in effect of AppLovin's mediation and UA offerings(17:30) The snowball effect of AppLovin's market dominance(19:40) How AppLovin captured MoPub market share(22:20) Unity's execution issues after Iron Source merger(25:00) Cultural conflicts within Unity and algorithm problems(29:00) Discussion of Unity's "Vector" AI initiative(32:40) Unity's disappearing account managers and weak sales culture(35:20) AppLovin's focus on high-value customers and resource allocation(38:20) Increasing margin for AppLovin as market share grows(40:40) Unity's potential comeback strategy with Vector(45:10) The challenge for any network to compete with AppLovin(48:40) The "must use" nature of AppLovin for ad-monetized games(52:00) The risks of having 70-80% of UA budget on AppLovin(54:30) Potential industry alternatives to AppLovin(57:00) Discussion of emerging competitors like Moloco and Integral(1:01:30) The possible path forward for Unity to compete(1:05:40) Predictions for the future of mobile UA in two years(1:10:00) Speculation about AppLovin's TikTok acquisition bid(1:14:20) Wrap-up and conclusionSUBSCRIBE TO GAMEMAKERS:- Newsletter: https://gamemakers.substack.com/😃 —CONNECT WITH JK! — • INSTAGRAM → @jokim1• TWITTER → @jokim1• LINKEDIN → https://www.linkedin.com/in/jokim/

...more
View all episodesView all episodes
Download on the App Store

GameMakersBy Joseph Kim

  • 4.9
  • 4.9
  • 4.9
  • 4.9
  • 4.9

4.9

7 ratings


More shows like GameMakers

View all
Odd Lots by Bloomberg

Odd Lots

1,855 Listeners

a16z Podcast by Andreessen Horowitz

a16z Podcast

1,087 Listeners

Decoder with Nilay Patel by The Verge

Decoder with Nilay Patel

3,143 Listeners

Capital Allocators – Inside the Institutional Investment Industry by Ted Seides – Allocator and Asset Management Expert

Capital Allocators – Inside the Institutional Investment Industry

793 Listeners

Deconstructor of Fun by Deconstructor of Fun

Deconstructor of Fun

97 Listeners

The Prof G Pod with Scott Galloway by Vox Media Podcast Network

The Prof G Pod with Scott Galloway

5,458 Listeners

All-In with Chamath, Jason, Sacks & Friedberg by All-In Podcast, LLC

All-In with Chamath, Jason, Sacks & Friedberg

9,799 Listeners

Dwarkesh Podcast by Dwarkesh Patel

Dwarkesh Podcast

488 Listeners

Hard Fork by The New York Times

Hard Fork

5,472 Listeners

No Priors: Artificial Intelligence | Technology | Startups by Conviction

No Priors: Artificial Intelligence | Technology | Startups

131 Listeners

The Fourth Curtain by Alexander Seropian & Aaron Marroquin

The Fourth Curtain

38 Listeners

AI For Humans: Making Artificial Intelligence Fun & Practical by Kevin Pereira & Gavin Purcell

AI For Humans: Making Artificial Intelligence Fun & Practical

267 Listeners

Game Economist Cast by Phillip Black

Game Economist Cast

7 Listeners

ACCESS by Vox Media

ACCESS

13 Listeners