spending around 2.4 billion U.S. dollars on mobile social apps, up by 47 percent compared to 2020.
In 2021, books and reference apps saw growth in consumer spending of around 96 percent on the Google Play Store compared to the previous year. Mobile entertainment saw a global increase in consumer spending of approximately 80 percent year-over-year for Android users worldwide. Mobile social apps also experienced an increase in yearly consumer spending, with Android users worldwide Year-over-year consumer spending growth in leading app categories in the Google Play Store worldwide 2021
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Data.ai. "Year-over-year Consumer Spending Growth in Leading App Categories in The Google Play Store Worldwide 2021." Statista, Statista Inc., 22 Feb 2022, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1294815/top-app-categories-android-spending-yoy-growth/
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Year-over-year consumer spending growth in leading app categories in the Google Play Store worldwide 2021 [Graph], Data.ai, February 22, 2022. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1294815/top-app-categories-android-spending-yoy-growth/