Mobile gaming collects biggest revenue share of app stores spending

Last year, sector was larger than entire gaming industry combined, report finds

The vast majority of money spent on mobile app stores went to games, according to a report, as did the majority of time spent on phones, and the majority of advertising revenue.

In 2019, more than $86bn (66bn) was spent on mobile gaming, making the sector larger than the rest of the games industry combined. That revenue represented 72% of all App Store spend, according to data from the analytics firm AppAnnie, in its State of Mobile 2020 report.