Mobile gaming industry benchmarks offer fresh look on industry
Wednesday, September 18, 2019 by Austin Harris
Mobile game industry benchmarks report has been released by GameAnalytics, offering a fresh look at how gamers play and pay on their smartphones. The report highlights performance benchmarks for key metrics across the top 16 genres, including retention, session length, stickiness, conversion rate, ARPPU, and ARPDAU. In this report, GameAnalytics has also partnered with ...
The subscription based app model is working and here's proof
Monday, November 5, 2018 by Richard Harris
Liftoff released its annual Mobile App Engagement Index, describing trends in consumer app engagement and ways mobile marketers can adapt to thrive in the changing landscape. Specifically, the report reveals that mobile users are head over heels for the subscription model, with considerable momentum gained from last year. Additionally, the Index highlights a shift in ge...
Top ranking mobile games earn 10X what other games do
Monday, October 29, 2018 by Richard Harris
A report from Mobvista-owned GameAnalytics has shown yet again just how competitive the mobile games industry is, with a minority of top-performing titles capturing a disproportionate slice of the $70 billion forecast to be spent on mobile games in 2018.
The report, titled "Mobile Gaming Benchmarks", is GameAnalytics’ second global anal...
Unity revealed its Q3 Games by The Numbers report
Wednesday, November 16, 2016 by Richard Harris
Unity revealed its Q3 Games by The Numbers report based on nearly 5B installs across 2.4B devices in Q4. Key highlights can be found below.Play frequency: Android and iOS players have nearly the same average number of sessions per day (2.4 vs. 2.38)Daily playtime: the average Android player spent 26.6 minutes on average playing Unity games every day; for iOS it was 19.8...
Top 100 Apps Continue to See High User Engagement According Report
Sunday, August 28, 2016 by Stuart Parkerson
Opera Mediaworks had released its latest quarterly mobile marketing report - Mobile First Insights (MFI) - which for the Q2 focused on the growth of brand performance including direct response tactics for Fortune 1000 brands. The findings in the report are derived from app usage statistics on the Opera Mediaworks platform.From a user standpoint, the report shows a nearl...
Opera Mediaworks Releases Mobile First Insights Advertising Report
Thursday, May 19, 2016 by Richard Harris
Opera Mediaworks has released a new Mobile First Insights quarterly report that offers trends, advertising best practices, and what's new in mobile advertising technology and creativityThe new report is organized into three sections: Data, Technology and Creativity. Opera Mediaworks reviewed data from hundreds of global ad campaigns and billions of impressions serv...
Don't Use the Same App User Engagement Strategies from Last Year
Saturday, February 14, 2015 by Stuart Parkerson
One thing we learned in 2014 is that the app reigns supreme. Time spent in mobile apps now far outweighs time spent on the mobile web. The fact that there are 1.2 million apps in the Apple App Store alone means that you have a lot of competition if you want to be one of the 25 apps the average person has on their mobile device. And if you’re lucky enough to be one ...
What Does 2015 Have in Store for App Marketing and Promotion
Monday, January 12, 2015 by Stuart Parkerson
There is an old saying that states, “You can only know where you're going if you know where you've been.” I bring this up because if you’re planning out your mobile marketing strategy for 2015, you better understand what happened in 2014. For example, did you know that phones with at least a 5-inch screen saw increases in the time that users spent in app as high as 142%...
Localytics Predicts Huge App Marketing Opportunities for Developers in Europe
Friday, February 21, 2014 by Stuart Parkerson
Localytics has recently posted its insight into opportunities to market apps to the European market. Localytics data from both European and US markets reveals that the European user base represents a huge opportunity for companies with a mobile presence.The report was posted on the Localytics’ website by Allison Averill, a business analyst and content marketing spe...
What is lifetime value for an app
Wednesday, November 28, 2012 by Richard Harris
It’s not surprising that the traditional marketer‘s favourite tool has eventually found its way into an app developer’s life – sooner than expected and with good reason. Let’s face it – your app is your business and you want to measure, monitor and control the value your users bring to your business. Customer Lifetime value -CLV or LTV, as different people choose to cal...
