Sensor Tower released a report today stating that in January 2023, the global mobile game downloads on the App Store and Google Play will be 5 billion times, a year-on-year decrease of 2%.
Among them, the Indian market ranked first with nearly 800 million downloads, accounting for 15.8% of the total global downloads; the Brazilian market ranked second with 8.7% of downloads; the third was the US market, accounting for 8.1%.
Sensor Tower said that Miniclip’s SYBO Games “Subway Surfers (Subway Surfers)” was downloaded nearly 23 million times, ranking first in the global mobile game download list in January. India is the game’s largest market, contributing 18.7% of downloads; followed by the Chinese iOS market, accounting for 11.5%; and the Brazilian market, accounting for 7%.
Elsewhere, King’s Candy Crush Saga came in second with over 21 million downloads. India is the game’s largest market, contributing 30.7% of downloads; followed by the U.S. market, accounting for 7.2%; Mexico followed closely with 5%.
It is learned from the Sensor Tower report that the other three games in the top five are “Roblox”, Garena “Free Fire” and EA “FIFA Soccer”.
▲ Picture from Sensor Tower, downloads do not include third-party Android market