Zynga grows on mobile as Apple, not Facebook, becomes its biggest platform partner

Zynga’s mobile strategy is beginning to work.

The social game maker revealed its financial results for Q1 2016 today, with bookings at $182 million. That is above the consensus estimate of $162 million from analysts. It was also higher than Zynga’s own expectations of $150 million to $165 million. This was about even with last quarter, but it did represent an 8 percent increase from the same period last year. Revenues for Q1 were at $187 million. This comes as Zynga works to strengthen its presence in the $34.8 billion mobile business with plenty of help from its slots games and hits like Words With Friends.