Russia has entered the top five most mobile game-playing countries, according to a study by Flurry Analytics.
Our country accounts for 5% of all mobile gaming sessions in the world.
The United States tops the ranking with an indicator of 20% of gaming sessions on mobile platforms globally. This is followed by India (13%), China (7%), and Brazil, whose level of enthusiasm for mobile games is equal to Russia’s — also 5%.
Top 5 countries by number of gaming sessionsIn 2017, some genres of mobile games have lost popularity, while others, on the contrary, have become more relevant.
Over the past year, the popularity of mobile strategy and racing games has grown most significantly, the number of gaming sessions in these genres has increased by 29% and 26%.
Role—playing games lost 29% of popularity over the same period, and casual games took the second place in terms of the depth of the decline in gamers’ interest – minus 23%.
The rise and fall of the popularity of mobile game genres in 2016-2017According to Flurry Analytics, the average duration of a gaming session increased from 6 minutes to 22 seconds in 2016 to 7 minutes and 6 seconds in 2017.
Statistics show that players began to log into mobile games less often, but began to spend more time in them during one game session.
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