In 2025, the global mobile advertising market has continued its steady upward trajectory, with both mobile games and non-gaming apps showing significant year-over-year growth in active advertising apps. According to AppGrowing, nearly 50,000 mobile games launched ad campaigns in Q1 2025, marking a 30.6% increase compared to the same period in 2024.For non-gaming apps, the number of advertised products reached approximately 109,000, up 43.7% year-over-year. To mark its fifth anniversary, AppGrowing has officially released the Creative & Strategic Trends in Global Mobile Advertising（2025Q1), offering a comprehensive analysis of advertising trends across the global mobile landscape. This report explores major market developments in Q1 2025, spotlighting advertising strategies across both gaming and non-gaming verticals. It provides deep dives into emerging categories […]

In 2024, the global mobile advertising market steadily advanced amidst challenges and opportunities. Publishers generally faced concerns over traffic and revenue due to the slowdown in global market growth. At the same time, their various attempts to break through this anxiety have given rise to new market trends. For mobile games, mini-games continued to gain traction, reshaping the existing landscape of the global mobile gaming market. The rise of W2A (Web to App) advertising, along with the further application of AIGC in both gameplay content and ad marketing, has provided publishers with new strategies to overcome traffic concerns. For non-gaming apps, the rise of short drama apps and AI applications contributed to an overall positive growth trend in the number […]

In H1 2024, the global mobile game advertising market continued to show signs of recovery. Over 6,000 new mobile games launched advertising campaigns in the second quarter, marking a significant increase from the first quarter. However, if we look back at the data from 2023, it is evident that since Q4 2023, there has been a steady decline in ad volume in the global mobile gaming market. Game developers are adopting a more cautious approach to user acquisition through advertising, reflecting the increasing competition in the international mobile game advertising arena. Despite this, as advertising has become a standard method for acquiring users, game companies still place significant emphasis on marketing. Meanwhile, Chinese developers remain actively engaged in overseas markets, […]

In the fast-paced world of mobile gaming, where user attention is a scarce resource, the art of advertising has become as crucial as the games themselves. At AppGrowing, we've been closely monitoring these trends, illuminateing the path for developers and marketers alike, and guiding them through the labyrinth of modern advertising strategies. AppGrowing's latest white paper, "Strategy and Creativity on Mobile Game Advertising 2024 Q1", distills the essence of what's working, what's new, and what's next in mobile game advertising. In this article, we'll share a glimpse into our findings and how they can empower your marketing efforts.   Click to Access the Full PDF The Hybrid Casual Revolution The hybrid casual game is emerging as a powerhouse in the […]

Since the sudden success of ReelShort last year, the "short drama app" has become a new trend, triggering numerous developers to explore for gold. The market scale is rapidly expanding and the media competition is white-hot. Today, content strategy and marketing campaigns are especially important for developers to win the short drama app category. Short drama apps are seeing new growth in 2024. Based on the global digital advertising data of short drama apps from January to February 2024 tracked by AppGrowing, this article analyzes the recent global advertising and market trends of short drama apps in terms of advertising trends, leading apps' competition and ad creatives. Based on the data, we have identified the following key trends and conclusions: […]

Here is AppGrowing's analysis of the global mobile game advertising markets in September 2023, based on advertising data from 25 global media platforms in 50 countries/regions.   01 Advertising Trend   From the overall trend, the weekly ad volume of mobile games in September 2023 remained in the range of 1M~1.5M, of which Week 4 was the most, reaching 1.46M. App volume showed a growing trend, with Week 4 and Week 5 exceeding 15K. Creative volume was relatively stable, basically above 450K. In terms of single-day data, the peaks of ad volume and app volume appeared in the latter part of the month, with both being the highest on September 24, at 770K+ and 12,378 respectively, a slight increase from […]

According to AppGrowing, the Advertising Volume and App Volume of the Global Mobile Game Market declined in August. In terms of the proportion of the two, Chinese developers remained steadily heavy advertising, occupying 4 seats among the Top 10 Developers. Here is AppGrowing's analysis of the global mobile game advertising markets in August 2023, based on advertising data from 25 global media platforms in 50 countries/regions.   01 Advertising Trend   In August 2023 the App Volume was 19742, down 13.3% MoM. The Ad Volume was 2.9M+ and Creative Volume was 770K+, down 27.8% from July. From a single day perspective, the peaks of Ad Volume and App Volume appeared in Week 1, with August 3rd being the highest of […]

The first half of 2023 has passed. Compared with the contraction of advertising volume and the caution of advertisers in Q1, the mobile game advertising market showed a positive trend in Q2. Both ad volume and game app volume had obvious growth. Globally, after the downturn in Q1, ad volume and game app volume have been growing since March. The MoM growth rate of ad volume from March to May exceeded 20%, showing that advertisers' confidence has returned. To assist mobile game practitioners to comprehensively understand the changes in the global market, AppGrowing officially released the H1 2023 Mobile Game Global Advertising Report, which provides a thorough and systematic analysis of the global mobile game advertising trends, key categories, key […]

Here is AppGrowing's analysis of the global mobile game advertising markets in June 2023, based on advertising data from 25 global media platforms in 50 countries/regions.   01 Advertising Trend   Overall, the global mobile advertising market continued its growth trend in June. Compared to May (May 2023 Review), the increase in ad volume, app volume, and creatives volume decelerated. The app volume in June 2023 was 24,774, a 3.5% MoM increase, slightly less than in May. Ad volume was 4.13M, a 10.8% MoM increase, and creatives volume was 1.08M+, up 4% MoM. Both ad and app volume peaked in the early days, with the highest number of ads and apps on June 2, at 870K+ and 12,723 respectively. The […]