The following analysis of mobile games marketing trends for July 2024 is based on advertising data from AppGrowing across 50 countries and regions, and 28 global media platforms. In the ranking of app categories for overseas mobile game advertising in July 2024, the top three categories remain casual, puzzle, and casino. Although casino games have fallen to third place in terms of ad spend, they still represent the largest percentage of new apps launched that month. In terms of ad volume, the top three categories are casual, puzzle, and role-playing, consistent with June's distribution. Looking at the number of unique creative assets, the role-playing and strategy categories have a significant share, indicating a strong demand for advertising in these mainstream, […]

Game of Thrones: Legends RPG is a puzzle game developed by the Turkish developer Zynga, recently launched in several global markets. This article, based on data from AppGrowing, will analyze its advertising strategy and reveal the reasons behind its success. Advertising Campaign Overview According to AppGrowing's data, Game of Thrones: Legends RPG ran a total of 4,256 ads across 47 regions and 10 advertising platforms. Between July 10, 2024, and August 8, 2024, the game launched 3,462 ads, primarily focusing on rewarded videos and native ads, which accounted for nearly 80% of the total. The advantage of rewarded video ads is their ability to seamlessly integrate into the user's browsing experience, increasing click-through and conversion rates. This ad format was […]

Viking Rise is a strategy game that has taken the world by storm since its launch in April 2023. In this article, we will use the advertising intelligence data from AppGrowing, a leading platform for mobile app marketing insights, to reveal how Viking Rise has mastered its advertising strategy and what factors have made it so popular.   01 What is Viking Rise?   Viking Rise is a strategy game published by IGG, a publisher from China. It started pre-registration on 2023-03-02 and was officially launched on 2023-04-15. The latest version is V1.4.38. The game is set in the Viking era, where players can build their own kingdoms, recruit heroes, train troops, and fight against other players or enemies. The […]

Entering Q2 2023, the demand for advertising of mobile games is increasing. According to AppGrowing, the app volume of global advertised mobile games increased minimally in April, but the ad volume increased by 28.2% compared with March, which indicates that game advertisers are further expanding their advertising campaigns and the "battle to acquire users" is becoming fiercer. Meanwhile, April was also a month of intense competition for Chinese games. miHoYo Honkai: Star Rail, Lilith Games Call of Dragons, Eskyfun 魔鏡物語 and other new games were released one after another, becoming new competitors in the market; while "old" games such as Glaciers Game 超能世界 have also boosted their advertising. What about the macro advertising statistics in April? Are there any new […]

Over 7000 casual games have been screened out according to certain aspects: convenience to obtain, simplicity to operate for new users, lower time-consumption, and hardware.