Jan 22, 2025 · Apple is one of the most influential and recognisable brands in the world, responsible for the rise of the smartphone with the iPhone. Valued at over $2 trillion in 2021, it is also the most valuable technology company in the world. Originally known for desktop computers, Apple was one of the first companies to switch to the graphical user interface (GUI) and saw …

Jan 22, 2025 · TikTok, known as Douyin in its home market, was launched in China in September 2016. It quickly started to gain traction in China and parent company ByteDance launched an international version the following year. Originally launched as a short-form video sharing platform, primarily for lipsyncing and dancing videos, TikTok has grown into a fully-fledged …

Jan 30, 2025 · The pendulum swung in 2022 with app downloads stagnating, after two years of solid growth under the pandemic. In 2023, some categories saw growth while others continued to stagnate, as users shifted their interests and preferences to a “post-Covid” world. The five most downloaded apps mirrored the previous year, although Instagram surpassed TikTok in total …

As we gear up for what promises to be a year of strong growth and momentum for the app industry, we can’t wait to welcome you to App Promotion Summit London on April 24th. Learn from the worlds top app marketing and product experts in our video talks and workshops covering user acquisition, ASO ...

3 days ago · App development platforms. Years of the fierce competition resulted in mobile operating systems duopoly. Right now there are two major well-established platforms – iOS (Apple’s mobile operating system for iPhones, with several branches – the ipadOS for iPads and the watchOS for Apple Watch) and Android OS (Google’s mobile operating system that runs …

Jan 30, 2025 · Mobile games make up the majority of video games released each year, with thousands of new additions to the Apple App Store and Google Play Store every year. By the mid-2010s, mobile games had surpassed console and PC in volume and revenues, and that gap has continued to widen into the 2020s, with mobile games accounting for over 50 percent of game …

Jan 22, 2025 · Amazon is one of the most recognisable brands in the world, and the third largest by revenue. It was the fourth tech company to reach a $1 trillion market cap, and a market leader in e-commerce, cloud, advertising, video streaming, and music streaming. Originally launched as an online bookstore in 1995, Amazon spent its first few years as a brokerage for other sellers, …

Jan 22, 2025 · Chinese discount ecommerce app Temu has taken the United States and United Kingdom by storm, as the newest Chinese-based challenger aiming to saturate the market with products at under half the price of similar items on Amazon and other ecommerce stores. Temu, which is owned by Chinese ecommerce giant Pinduoduo, launched in the US in 2022 and in …

Jan 31, 2025 · According to a recent report, the number of abandoned apps on app stores rose 6% from 1.76 million to 1.86 million in Q3 2022.The number of ‘super abandoned apps’, those that haven’t received an update in over 5 years, climbed to 348,000.

App rankings data of the top 50 most downloaded and highest grossing apps and games on the iOS and Google Play app stores.