Advertising revenue in mobile apps increases by up to 54% during the holidays, Tapjoy claims based on data obtained on Christmas, Chinese New Year and Valentine’s Day. 

In its latest report, App Annie talked about the most popular app categories, the world’s top publishers, as well as the most profitable games on iOS and Android last January. 

Animoca, a company engaged in the development and publication of mobile games, published data on the most popular Android smartphones in Japan and talked about why Samsung Note is not popular in the Land of the Rising Sun.

According to the latest report of analysts from comScore for the three-month period from October 2012 to January 2013, Apple continued to increase its market share in the American market.

According to Flurry analysts, optimizing applications for most devices with access to as large an audience as possible is becoming an increasingly difficult task. 

A survey conducted by the organizers of the largest conference among game developers GDC showed that more than half of them are currently engaged in mobile projects for smartphones and tablets.

The cost of acquiring a loyal user in January fell as expected, and the number of downloads increased, according to Fiksu in its monthly report. 

Revenue from games for portable consoles in the 4th quarter of 2012 was more than revenue from gaming applications for iOS, App Annie c IDC reports in its latest report.

From August to January, Google Play revenues increased by 107%, during the same period only three new games managed to earn $ 1 million per week, new publishers are hardly entering the market – this and much more is reported in its new report by Distimo. 

China is one step away from becoming the largest market for active iOS and Android devices in the world. The number of such gadgets in Russia is much smaller, which does not prevent our homeland from being in the top ten largest mobile device markets. 

Newzoo summed up the results of 2012. According to them, in total, smartphone and tablet users spent $9 billion in 2012. This is 32% more than a year earlier.

The market has changed little in a week. The main box office hits on the American market of mobile games for iPhone, iPad and Google Play remain Clash of Clans, Candy Crush Saga, Minecraft and Rage of Bahamut.

Which games top the charts of paid apps on the American App Store? If you don’t know, read our latest material about the best paid games.

In 2012, smartphone sales in Russia increased significantly. The main drivers of growth were Android and Windows Phone devices.

We are returning to the weekly releases of reports on the situation in the American mobile application market. There are no unfamiliar or new names here, but there is a fierce struggle for users’ wallets.

Judging by the worldwide shipments of smartphones for the 4th quarter of 2012, the devices of Chinese vendors are beginning to enjoy great popularity. So far, only Apple and Samsung are ahead of them, according to Canalys. 

The analytical company Apsalar has found out which genres of mobile games are best monetized through micropayments, and which projects should not even be taken up.

The latest study of the American smartphone market demonstrates the weak growth dynamics of the Android platform and the good pace of the “Apple” OS. 

The decline in the cost of iPhone applications led to a 95% increase in their total revenues during the Christmas season in the first three days of sales. iPad programs were less sensitive to discounts. Income from them after lowering the price tag increased by only 51%.