Pixalate’s March 2025 Top Grossing Mobile Apps in APAC: ‘SimCity’ Ranked No. 1 on Google Play Store in Japan; ‘OLX’ Led on Apple App Store in India; ‘Sudoku’ Ranked No. 1 on Apple App Store in Singapore

According to Pixalate’s research, ‘My FitnessPal’ ranked at the top on both Google Play Store ($58K in estimated open programmatic ad revenue) and Apple App Store ($163K) in Australia; ‘Landlords Mania’ No. 1 ($99K) on Apple App Store in China

London, April 21, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Pixalate, the global market-leading ad fraud protection, privacy, and compliance analytics platform, today released the January 2025 APAC Top Grossing Mobile Apps Reports for China, Japan, Singapore, and India. The reports cover mobile apps on the Apple App Store and the Google Play Store.

The reports highlight the estimated top-grossing apps in open programmatic advertising revenue for mobile apps. In addition to the reports for China, Japan, Singapore, India, and Australia, Pixalate has also released Top Grossing Mobile & Connected TV (CTV) Apps reports for the U.S., Canada, the United Kingdom, Spain, France, Germany, Israel, Ukraine, Mexico, Brazil, and the Netherlands.

Top Grossing Mobile Apps in March 2025 – APAC

China

• Mobile: Landlords Mania was the top grossing app ($99K in estimated open programmatic ad revenue) on the Apple App Store, and Potato Rush was No. 1 ($15K) on Google Play Store

Japan

• Mobile: Smart News ($545K) led on Apple App Store, and SimCity ($374K) was No. 1 on Google Play Store

Singapore

• Mobile: Radio Singapore ($84K) was at the top on the Google Play Store, and Sudoku ($24K) led on the Apple App Store

India

• Mobile: OLX ($216K) led on the Apple App Store, and JioSaavn ($1M) was No. 1 on the Google Play Store

Australia

• Mobile: My FitnessPal led on both the Apple App Store ($163K) and the Google Play Store ($58K)

In March 2025, Pixalate’s data science team analyzed 31 billion global open programmatic impressions from 6 million mobile apps on the Apple App Store and Google Play Store. For this research, Pixalate also examined 6,000 CTV apps and 3 billion global ad impressions across various platforms, including Apple TV, Amazon Fire TV, Roku, and Samsung Smart TV.

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Global Top Grossing Mobile & CTV Apps Reports:

Mobile

• China
• Japan
• Singapore
• India
• Australia
• U.S.
• Canada
• United Kingdom
• Spain
• France
• Germany
• Israel
• Ukraine
• Mexico
• Brazil
• Netherlands.

CTV

• United States
• United Kingdom
• Canada
• Mexico

About Pixalate

Pixalate is a global platform specializing in privacy compliance, ad fraud prevention, and digital ad supply chain data intelligence. Founded in 2012, Pixalate is trusted by regulators, data researchers, advertisers, publishers, ad tech platforms, and financial analysts across the Connected TV (CTV), mobile app, and website ecosystems. Pixalate is accredited by the MRC for the detection and filtration of Sophisticated Invalid Traffic (SIVT). pixalate.com

Disclaimer

The content of this press release, and the Top Grossing Mobile Apps (the “Reports”), reflect Pixalate’s opinions with respect to factors that Pixalate believes can be useful to the digital media industry. Any data shared is grounded in Pixalate’s proprietary technology and analytics, which Pixalate is continuously evaluating and updating. Any references to outside sources should not be construed as endorsements. Pixalate’s opinions are just that, opinions, which means that they are neither facts nor guarantees. Pixalate is sharing this data not to impugn the standing or reputation of any entity, person or app, but, instead, to report findings and trends pertaining to programmatic advertising activity across mobile apps in the time period studied.

CONTACT: Nina Talcott
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