This Week in Apps

This Week in Apps

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  • Apple Won Christmas!

    This Week in Apps - The Christmas edition

    • 🥇 The highest earning apps this Christmas? It wasn't TikTok...
  • 🍎  Apple tops Google
  • 🗨️ The end of Alexa and Google Home
  • 🚗 How many cars did Tesla sell in 2021?
  • 👓 Oculus sales doubled this Christmas
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    ▶ The highest earning apps this Christmas: https://appfigures.com/resources/this-week-in-apps/20211231?f=1

    ▶ Live ASO Q&A with Ariel Michaeli (Jan. 12th): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BBAn1-XWr9w

     

    ▶ Get App Intelligence: https://appfigures.com/app-intelligence

    ▶ Get ASO Tools: https://appfigures.com/aso-tools

    ► Twitter: @arielmichaeli

    11 min
  • What a year for creators!

    This Week in Apps:

    • 🥇 The most downloaded app in 2021
  • 🎉 Twitter's big month (and year)
  • 🤑 Why Reddit's filing for IPO
  • 🍎 Apple goes Android
  • 📈 Is Widgetsmith still making money?
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    ▶ When Musk, Snowden, and WhatsApp Want You to Get Signal: https://appfigures.com/resources/insights/whatsapp-exodus-signal-telegram

    ▶ Twitter's Making Money! https://appfigures.com/resources/this-week-in-apps/20211217?f=1

    ▶ The most downloaded app for widgets: https://appfigures.com/resources/this-week-in-apps/20200925?f=1

     

    ▶ Get App Intelligence: https://appfigures.com/app-intelligence

    ▶ Get ASO Tools: https://appfigures.com/aso-tools

    ► Twitter: @arielmichaeli

     

    8 min
  • Just super!

    This Week in Apps:

    • 💰 Twitter hits $100K
  • 😱 Game downloads dipped 19% in November
  • 📈 Minecraft is growing, but not fast...
  • ☠️ R.I.P iOS games...
  • 🥊 DAZN hits $100,000,000
  • ▶ Report: The Most Downloaded games in the world: https://appfigures.com/resources/insights/most-downloaded-games-nov-2021

    ▶ Research with Explorer: https://appfigures.com/explorer

    ▶ Get App Intelligence: https://appfigures.com/app-intelligence

    ► Twitter: @arielmichaeli

     

    7 min
  • Zoom is GONE!

    This week I'm going to look at a year of #Clubhouse, summarize the most downloaded apps in the world, uncover the impact of #Twitch's hack on its revenue, compare #Instagram and #TikTok's downloads, and close by highlighting a positive trend for #Ticketmaster

     

    This Week in Apps is a weekly show. subscribe to to get more episodes like this one.

     

    ▶ Report: The Most Downloaded apps in the world: https://appfigures.com/resources/insights/most-downloaded-apps-nov-2021

    ▶ Get App Intelligence: https://appfigures.com/app-intelligence

    ► Twitter: @arielmichaeli

     

    10 min
  • Everything is BIG this week

    This week I'm going to uncover the numbers behind #Supercell's partnership with #MrBeast, rank the winners of #BlackFriday, look at a category of apps that's even bigger than fax apps, highlight another impact of #AppTrackingTransparency, and show you how #TikTok is breaking the App Store.

     

    This Week in Apps is a weekly show. subscribe to to get more episodes like this one.

     

    ▶ Get App Intelligence: https://appfigures.com/app-intelligence

    ▶ Check out Explorer: https://appfigures.com/explorer

    ► Twitter: @arielmichaeli

     

    10 min
  • Fax apps make how much?!?!?

    This Week in Apps:

    • 🇫🇷 Au revoir Wish
  • 🚀 Etsy's explosive streak
  • 💰 A new record day of revenue for Disney+
  • 📠 Fax apps make how much?!?!?
  • 🍔 Did you know MrBeast has a mobile app?
  • ► App Intelligence: https://appfigures.com/app-intelligence

    ► Find me on Twitter: @arielmichaeli

    10 min
  • Everything is changing

    This week I the release of PUBG new State, Tidal's attempt to take on Spotify, the most downloaded games in the world, DoorDash's Euro trip, and what's happening with Google Play in Korea.

     

    ► Newsletter: https://appfigures.com/resources/this-week-in-apps/20211119

    ► App Intelligence: https://appfigures.com/app-intelligence

    ► Find me on Twitter: @arielmichaeli

    13 min
  • TikTok Did What???

    This week I looked at the most downloaded apps int he world, a new milestone TikTok hit (and why it's important), numbers behind Braze's IPO, Showtime's new achievement, and how NFTs took over the App Store.

     

    ► Report: https://appfigures.com/resources/insights/most-downloaded-apps-oct-2021

     

    ► Newsletter: https://appfigures.com/resources/this-week-in-apps/20211112

    ► App Intelligence: https://appfigures.com/app-intelligence

    ► Find me on Twitter: @arielmichaeli

    17 min
  • A Bunch of new records

    This week I looked at how much money Roblox lost by being down for a weekend, the mobile browser race, new all-time highs from Coinbase (downloads) and Disney+ (revenue), and ended the week with my thoughts on Klarna's expansion into in-app shopping.

     

    FYI - The reference was to Ready Player One. Did you get it?

     

    ► Newsletter: https://appfigures.com/resources/this-week-in-apps/20211105

    ► App Intelligence: https://appfigures.com/app-intelligence

    ► Find me on Twitter: @arielmichaeli

    14 min
  • It‘s Still a Money Game

    This week I looked at the highest earning games in the US, the decline of Among Us, Audible's revenue growth, more pre-installed iOS apps in the App Store, and what Fox Weather's entry into the category could mean for revenue.

    Check us out on YouTube https://youtube.com/appfigures

     

    ► The most downloaded games in the world: https://appfigures.com/resources/insights/most-downloaded-games-sep-2021

    ► Apple's Now Allowing Users to Rate Its Pre-Installed Apps—Here are the Numbers: https://appfigures.com/resources/insights/apple-pre-installed-app-ratings

     

    ► Newsletter: https://appfigures.com/resources/this-week-in-apps/20211029

    ► App Intelligence: https://appfigures.com/app-intelligence

    ► Mobile Download Index: https://appfigures.com/alpha/mobile-download-index

    ► Mobile Revenue Index: https://appfigures.com/alpha/mobile-revenue-index

    ► Top SDKs: https://appfigures.com/top-sdks

    ► Find me on Twitter: @arielmichaeli

    15 min

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A weekly, no-fluff, data-first, recap of everything that’s interesting in mobile apps and games.