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Thursday, November 3, 2022

In-app advertising to increase only a fifth of last year’s growth rate

Economic instability after the pandemic and the war in Ukraine have undoubtedly had a knock-on effect on app revenues. Now data from Fair Betting Sites shows that in-app advertising is taking a hit as well. 

In-app advertising takes a hit

In-app advertising is predicted to grow by just 6% to $220.8 billion in 2022. That’s a fifth of last year’s growth rate. In-app purchase revenue growth also declined, growing just 10% to $205 billion compared to 23% in 2021.

Apps have taken a big hit following economic downturns at the end of the pandemic. 

Mobile games are still a top-grossing app category, generating 7% more in revenues in 2022 than in 2021 despite a 105 million drop in users. However, that’s far less than the 25% growth seen in 2021. 

Social networking apps were the second-highest-grossing app category and are expected to rise 9% to $43.4 billion this year. But compare that to last year, when segment revenues jumped 26% and it’s not looking as good. 

Slowdown in revenues and downloads

Based on data from Statista, revenue growth is estimated to be 8% year-on-year in 2022. This would mark the smallest increase the app market has seen in the last six years. App revenues rose an average 25% from 2017 to 2021. Meanwhile, consumer spending across the App Store and Google Play stalled, reaching $65 billion during H1 2022 which is 1% higher than in H1 2021.

App revenue growth prediction

Source: Fair Betting Sites / Statista

The decline in revenues goes hand in hand with app downloads. Last year, app downloads were 220.1 billion, which was 17% higher than in 2020. 

However, this year, downloads are expected to slow to a growth of 7% year-on-year. 

Mobile games are expected to account for half of all downloads, followed by photo and video apps and social networking apps. The three top app categories will account for 66% of the 235.2 billion predicted downloads. 

App download growth to stall

Source: Fair Betting Sites / Statista

Key takeaways

  • In-app advertising growth rate in 2022 is predicted to be a fifth of that in 2021
  • Mobile game revenue growth is estimated to be 7%, down from 25% in 2021
  • 8% revenue growth of mobile apps marks the smallest increase in at least six years 

The post In-app advertising to increase only a fifth of last year’s growth rate appeared first on Business of Apps.



source https://www.businessofapps.com/news/in-app-advertising-to-increase-only-a-fifth-of-last-years-growth-rate/
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