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This Week in Apps - TikTok is Gone!
#233 - Who will win the race to replace TikTok? VPNs became very popular in the last 36 hours (but don't help), the numbers behind Grok's launch, and the top games in December.
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No More TikTok - This is Where TikTokers Are Going
It's official, TikTok is banned in the US and has been removed from the App Store and Google Play along with CapCut and ...
A VPN Won't Help You Get on TikTok, But That's Not Stopping the Downloads!
TikTok's ban went into effect a few hours ago which means it was completely removed from the App Store and Google Play, ...
Elon's ChatGPT Competitor Finally Got Its Own App
Grok, X's AI, has finally landed as a standlone app in the US. I've been waiting for this since the model opened up thro...
Not the Christmas I Expected... Here Are the Most Downloaded Games in December
The most important month for games is behind us, so I crunched the numbers and ranked the winners and losers of this Chr...
Top Game Developers Earned Nearly $100M More in December - These Are the Highest Earning Games
December wasn't great for downloads, but if you remember the trend, revenue is going in the opposite direction, and if y...
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This Week in Apps - TikTok Ban?
#232 - I ranked the most downloaded and highest earning apps in December. How much will creators lose if TikTok is banned in the US? Facebook's got a real problem and Bluesky still has an elon problem...
How Much Will Creators Lose if TikTok is Banned?
The clock is ticking for TikTok, which is a short week away from getting banned in the US. It's now up to the Supreme Co...
The Dust Has Settled and Bluesky Still Has an Elon Problem...
Bluesky, the social media platform that managed to accomplish what others before it tried and failed - become the altern...
Mark is Just Trying to Keep Facebook Relevant...
Mark Zuckerberg announced last week that Facebook will be switching to community moderation of posts instead of handling...
Back in the Billions - The Highest Earning Apps in December
It's 2025, which means we have data to size up December - arguably the best month for many different types of apps and g...
Demand for Threads Drops Causing a Chart Shuffle - The Most Downloaded Apps in December
Unlike the amazing revenue growth apps saw in December, downloads followed a very different trend - the opposite kind. ...
This Week in Apps - What a Year!
#231 - The apps you know and probably love grew a lot more in 2024 than you probably expect. We looked at dating, streaming, ai, and more.
ChatGPT's App Revenue Grew More Than 1,000% in 2024
It's hard to say 2024 wasn't the year of AI, and not just for the tech folks but for pretty much everyone. We can see th...
Hinge Beat Tinder and Bumble with 28% Revenue Growth Last Year
2024 was a rough year for the big dating apps. That's what it looked like a few months ago, at least. The rise of niche ...
Duolingo's Subscription Revenue Rose 567% in Four Years
Is your New Year's resolution to learn a new language? If so, you're not alone. That's where Duolingo, the now defacto g...
Streaming App Revenue Crossed $5B in 2024 - Here Are The Winners & Losers
The streaming race felt a bit cooler in early 2024, but looking at revenue for the top streamers, that's not at all true...
Users Spent a Record $25M via X's Mobile Apps in December
December is behind us, which means it's time to continue the monthly tradition and check in on X's revenue. I've been do...
This Week in Apps - Netflix Blockbusters
#230 - 3D priting may be going mainstream, Squid Game season two launches with a mobile app, Quest sales rose after a disappointing 2023, Netflix flexed its sports muscle again, and a new gacha game is coming to the west.
Squid Game Unleashed Hits 3M Downloads in under Two Weeks
A new season of one of Netflix's best original shows, Squid Game, just dropped and with it a new mobile game called Squi...
Apple's Not Going to Like This - Meta Quest Sales Jumped 18% this December
I've been following the Meta Quest for several years now, using downloads of its companion app as a proxy for unit sales...
Is 3D Printing (Finally) Going Mainstream?
I got into 3D printing maaaaany years ago, and if you've done that too, you know how much tinkering is required. As much...
Infinity Nikki's Global March
Infinity Nikki, a new dress-up RPG from Papergames (which goes by Infold outside of China), has been turning heads ever ...
Netflix is Getting into Sports and It's Paying Off
Last month Netflix tried something new. The platform known for great shows such as Stranger Things streamed a boxing mat...
This Week in Apps - Is That Still a Trend?
#229 - We ranked the most downloaded and highest games in November, followed up on short drama apps, looked at TikTok's other app, and home automation.
