Sensor Tower: Genshin Impact earned $2B on Mobile during the first year
The most successful mobile launch in history showed solid first year.
In terms of revenue, Genshin Impact was overpassed only by Honor of Kings ($2.9B), and PUBG Mobile ($2,8B).
Genshin Impact is the most successful game launch ever. The game earned its first billion in 6 months. The previous record was held by Pokemon GO, which reached the result in 9 months.
China is responsible for 28.6% of all revenue ($577M) - with only iOS counting. Japan is second with 23.7% of revenue, the US is in third place (21% of revenue).
App Store is responsible for 61.8% of revenue, while Google Play takes 38.2%. Sensor Tower is not counting Chinese alternative stores. If we cut off China, then the revenue leadership goes over to Google Play - 53.6% versus 46.4% on iOS.