Average weekly player spending in mobile games topped $1.6 billion in Q1 2023, according to data.ai

data.ai has published a report on the state of the mobile games market in the first quarter of 2023. Here is some data on player spending, installs, as well as the highest-grossing and most downloaded titles.

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• According to data.ai, mobile users spent $1.63 billion in games per week during the first three months of 2023. This is almost on par with the same period last year, but up 28% from Q1 2020 (before the pandemic-driven growth).
• Players also generated 1.2 billion downloads every week during the first quarter of 2023. Unfortunately, data.ai didn’t disclose the year-over-year or quarter-on-quarter change.

• SYBO’s endless runner Subway Surfers and Garena’s battle royale shooter Free Fire remained the top two most downloaded titles on mobile.
• King’s match-3 hit Candy Crush Saga managed to climb three spots from the previous quarter to 3rd place, followed by Roblox and Gametion’s Ludo King.
• Attack Hole, a hypercasual title from Homa Games, was the only new game to make the top 10 by downloads.
• Playrix’s Gardenscapes and Football League 2023 showed the biggest leaps, climbing 40 and 47 spots respectively.

• When it comes to the highest-grossing games of Q1 2023, the top six spots are unchanged from the previous quarter and still occupied by Tencent’s Honor of Kings, Candy Crush Saga, and miHoYo’s Genshin Impact.
• Gardenscapes and Cygames’ Uma Musume Pretty Derby broke into the top 10, climbing 8 and 16 places respectively.

More insights, including data on the broader mobile app market, can be found in the full report.