Sensor Tower: Top 100 US Mobile games are responsible for 64% of mobile gaming sector revenue
But games below the top 100 started to earn more.
US market
It’s by 4.6% lower than in 2017.
In 2020 top-100 US Mobile Games earned $14.4 billion. It’s 35% more than a year before.
Games from 101-200 positions in rating got $3 billion in revenue in the US in 2020. It’s 41.2% growth compared to 2019. Games from the second hundred are responsible for 13.7% of all mobile US gaming market revenue.
Games from 201-300 position earned $1.4 billion in 2020. It’s 6.2% of the mobile gaming sector in the US and 45.5% more than in 2019.
As for the top-10 games, they earned $4.2 billion in 2020 in the US. YoY increase - 27.2%.
It’s important to notice, that we see a positive tendency here - revenue is slowly distributing more evenly. And not ending at top companies pockets only.
Global markets
Top 100 games globally earned $42.7 billion. The growth rate is slower than in the US - +29% YoY.
In 2020 top 100 mobile games were accountable for 53.5% of all mobile gaming revenue. In 2017 top 100 mobile games have earned 56% of the sector's revenue.
101-200 positions earned $10.8 billion - it’s 13.6% of the whole mobile gaming market. YoY growth is 18%.
201-300 positions managed to get $5.6 billion and showed +19% growth. It’s 7.1% of the overall sector’s revenue.