
TikTok (its Chinese version Douyin included) saw a 41% YoY growth in terms of this revenue (derived from sources such as app purchases, in-app purchases and recurring payments) to stay top of the overall mobile apps chart, although it dropped to #4 on the Google Play Store for the quarter. This, however, did not stop the actual amount of money taken in by all apps from growing to US$33.6 billion for the quarter, for a 13.2% and 18.6% growth on the Apple- and Google-run mobile platforms respectively.

The volume of app installs (games included) on the App Store and Play Store worldwide has dropped slightly in 3Q2021, down 1.2% and 2.1% respectively compared to 3Q2020, or 1.9% overall.
