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Mobile games hit $34.8B in 2015, taking 85% of all app revenues

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Games generated approximately 85 percent of mobile app market revenue in 2015, representing a total of $34.8 billion across the globe, according to a report on the app economy by market researcher App Annie.

The data is part of a larger report by App Annie on the growth of all mobile apps. The overall app economy is expected to grow from $51 billion to $101 billion by 2020. That report also says that games will hit $41.5 billion in 2016 and reach $74.6 billion by 2020. And if you add up all of the game-related revenues in all sectors, you’ll find that gaming has become monstrously big around the world.

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.