I crunched the numbers and ranked the highest-earning apps in the world in September. At a glance, things look identical to August but if you look a bit closer you'll see the difference.
TikTok was the highest-earning app in the world in September, adding $164M of net revenue to its bottom line from the App Store and Google Play.
YouTube was a distant second, ending September with $99M of net revenue, according to our estimates.
Tinder, Disney+, and Max round out the top 5 highest earners and if you're thinking this list matches August's you are correct.
But what's different between the months is the scale.
TikTok's revenue was down 10% when compared to August's. YouTube's was 9% lower. Third place Tinder dropped 11%, and the trend continued - Disney+ dropped 7% while Max dropped 12%.
Back to school really sealed up some pockets. But then again, August was an unusually high month across the board so this isn't a surprise.
As we get closer to the holiday season I expect revenue to come back,
Our App Intelligence shows that together, the top 10 highest-earning apps in the world in September hauled in $625M of net revenue from the App Store and Google Play. And keep in mind that's net which means what the publishers of those apps get to keep after Apple and Google take their share.
As you'd expect, this total is a bit lower than August's which fits the overall trend we saw with downloads.
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