With 2021 almost over, Craig Chapple, Mobile Insights Strategist, EMEA at Sensor Tower, reflects on the achievements of the year and what lies ahead.

PUBG Mobile remains the highest-grossing mobile battle royale. According to the latest data by Sensor Tower, the game recently surpassed $7 billion in revenue since its launch in March 2018.

Roblox has been unavailable for players for three days, which led to the decline of the average time spent in the app by 93% from October 29 to 31. A few rival apps and games, however, saw a rise in their usage rate thanks to this outage.

Genshin Impact has become the highest-grossing mobile game globally for September 2021. The miHoYo-developed title generated almost $341.7 million on iOS and Android, which is its best result ever.

Genshin Impact remains one of the highest-grossing games globally. According to Sensor Tower, miHoYo’s title has generated $2 billion in the first year since its launch, and it is on iOS and Android alone.

On September 1, miHoYo released version 2.1 of Gensin Impact. And a new wave of interest from fans helped the game generate $150 million on App Store and Google Play in just a week. It is more than the title’s revenue was in the full month before.

Sensor Tower has shared the list of the highest-grossing mobile titles for August 2021 by worldwide revenue. PUBG Mobile landed in first place with $270 million in player spending.

Sensor Tower has published a new report on the most popular mobile games in the US for the first half of 2021. “Imposter” became the fastest-growing theme, all thanks to a massive success of Among Us.

It’s been five years since Playrix released its mobile hit Gardenscapes, which has generated over $3 billion in player spending on iOS and Android by now.

The list was published of 10 highest-grossing mobile games of all time. Chinese MOBA Honor of Kings sits on top, with its total revenue approaching $10 billion.

The Witcher franchise continues its expansion to other platforms. It’s been revealed that mobile AR game The Witcher: Monster Slayer has already surpassed $500,000 in player spending on iOS and Android.

Riot Games entered the mobile market last year, and it has already achieved a significant milestone. According to Sensor Tower, the company’s three mobile games have already generated over $100 million.

Mobile action games are on the rise, and it’s no surprise that Genshin Impact is the leader in this genre. During the first half of the year, miHoYo’s game generated around $174 million in the US stores.

It took less than two weeks for Ni No Kuni: Cross Worlds to generate over $100 million in revenue on mobile, according to Sensor Tower. It’s an impressive milestone, considering that the game is only available in a few regions.

Sensor Tower released its State of Mobile Gaming 2021 report. Among other things, the study found that consumer spending surpassed $22 billion in Q1 2021, representing an all-time high and 25 percent year-over-year growth.

Sensor Tower has bought Pathmatics, a marketing intelligence platform, for an undisclosed sum. It is the first acquisition in the company’s history, and now Sensor Tower will be able to provide insights into more platforms.

Sensor Tower has rolled out its Data Digest for Q1 2021 that delves into the current state of the global mobile app ecosystem.

A new analysis on the Sensor Tower blog delves into a few successful implementations of a Battle Pass/Season Pass in mobile games. The latest post looks at Clash of Clans, Clash of Clans, Hay Day and Lords Mobile. The latter doubled its revenue month-over-month in January 2021 after developer IGG introduced the game’s new Season Pass.

King-developed mobile runner Crash Bandicoot: On the Run has already become a huge hit. According to Sensor Tower, it has surpassed a milestone of 25 million downloads on mobile platforms in less than a week.