The main thing for the week (16.12 - 22.12)
How much have Americans spent on mobile games this year, which games have become the best according to Apple, how much has the Russian market grown? The answers to these and many other questions are in our traditional digest for the past week.
In November, American gamers spent $274 million on mobile gamesThe volume of the US mobile games market last month amounted to $274 million.
In total, American users spent $1.1 billion on games (in all segments). This is 25% more than in November last year.
All about KakaoTalk (part one)The founder and CEO of Zenna Apps Inna Zaichenko has written a huge material specifically for App2Top about what is the most popular KakaoTalk messenger in South Korea.
In the first part, Inna shared a brief history of the service.
Apple named the best apps of 2013Apple Corporation summed up the results of the year, naming the best games and applications of the outgoing 2013.
Read about who turned out to be the best in our voluminous material.
The mobile market in Russia has grown by 125 over the year%In terms of revenue, the Russian market is on the 10th place in the world – right after France, Distimo said in its 2013 results.
What is the best way to buy users?How is it better to buy users in mobile games – with a pay–per-click, installation or display, – he told App2Top.ru the head of the marketing department of Nevosoft Ilya Koshelev (careful, formulas!).
China is the leader in mobile traffic purchasesChinese advertisers are leaders in mobile traffic purchases.
But, surprise, they don’t spend on promotion in their country. AppFlood told about this in its report.
Infographics: The American gaming market40% of American gamers didn’t spend a cent in 2013.
The remaining 60% generated $20.5 billion per year or $16.46 per month for each paying player.
Cut the Rope 2 was released yesterdayBefore Apple leaves for the holidays, mobile game developers are trying to have time to release their projects.
About the most interesting releases – all day today in our materials. The first in line is Cut the Rope 2.