Data.ai: Mobile gaming had unexpected highs and lows in 2022

Data.ai (formerly known as App Annie) recently released a new report about the state of mobile in 2022, with a section on gaming showing results for 2022 and its 2023 projections. The new report shows that the mobile audience was spending as much time as ever on their games — but their money? Not so much.

According to the report, mobile game downloads and time spent gaming remain high, but the amount of actual spending has gone down. More specifically, downloads rose to 89 billion, an 8% year-on-year increase. In contrast, spending dropped 5% YoY to $110 billion.