The thing is, though, that popularity does not equal making a lot of money. Have developers hit a wall when it comes to games that can penetrate the market? It certainly seems like it. The most recent game is Despicable Me, which was released in June 2013. There's one very interesting statistic: did you notice the release dates on these games? Every single game on this list was released at least two years ago. In each case, the original game ranks higher than its sequel.

The Angry Birds is one of two franches, along with Temple Run, to get two games in the Top 10. Now look what happened when the company released Angry Birds 2 in July: the game was downloaded over 20 million times in its first week alone and has now been downloaded 50 million times already. It is the oldest game on this list it was released all the way back in April of 2009, a time when there were far fewer people who had smartphones on which to play their games. Impressively, the game has reached the #1 daily top iPhone game ranking in over 100 countries.Ĭandy Crush absolutely dominates the number two and three apps.įruit Ninja, which comes in at number two on the list, was released in April 2010 and had over 20 million in March 2011.Īngry Birds had 50 million downloads a year after it first launched. The most downloaded game of all time is Candy Crush Saga. Released on mobile in November of 2012, by November of 2013 it was downloaded an astounding 500 million times in one year. In both cases, they were not the same ones.Ĭandy Crush - 500M downloads its first year The company broke down the most popular games and apps, looking at which ones are downloaded the most and which ones generate the most revenue. There's a big disconnect between the games and apps we use most, and the ones that generate the most revenue, according to a new report out from App Annie on Wednesday. When you think about the apps you use the most, are they the ones that cost you any money? Did you either pay for them, or do you continue to pay for them now? The answer is probably not.

Being the most downloaded games and apps does not always translate into make the most money

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