Analytics platform App Annie has announced a rebranding, changing its name to data.ai. The company will combine consumer and market data, while also using the power of AI.

To kick off the Christmas week, Lexi Sydow, Head of Insights at App Annie, joins us for another episode of our “2021 in Video Games” series.

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) charged App Annie and its co-founder and former CEO and Chairman Bertrand Schmitt with securities fraud. SEC found that the mobile analytics firm engaged “in deceptive practices” and made “material misrepresentations” about how it obtained its market data on mobile app performance. Without admitting or denying the SEC’s findings, App Annie agreed to pay more than $10 million to settle the matter.

Genshin Impact continues its rise on mobile charts. It managed to surpass Pokémon Go and become the highest-grossing Core RPG in the fourth quarter of 2020.

According to App Annie’s latest report, consumer spend on mobile games will exceed $120 billion in 2021.

“A small fraction of the workforce” has been laid off at the mobile analytics firm App Annie. This is coming from gamesindustry.biz.

App Annie published two rankings. One features the most downloaded games of the past ten years, and the other – those that generated the most revenue.

What to expect from the mobile games market in 2020? App Annie has all the answers and graciously shares them in the latest report titled 5 Things You Need to Know for a Successful 2020 on Mobile.

App Annie’s CEO Ted Krantz announced today the acquisition of analytics firm Libring. The expansion will allow App Annie to deliver mobile market data and advertising analytics side by side.

The end of August 2019 saw Playrix enter the top 3 companies by mobile games revenue. The top spot is held by Tencent followed by NetEase.