According to Pixalate’s research, Super Crime Iron Hero was the top grossing app in estimated open programmatic ad revenue ($88K) on the Google Play Store in China; In India, OLX ($83K) led on the Apple App Store, and Cricbuzz ($644K) was No. 1 on Google Play Store; In Singapore, Candy Crush ($86K) was at the top on Google Play Store and Sudoku ($10K) on Apple App Store; In Japan, クラシルリワード-移動・チラシ・レシートでポイントがたまる ($2M) led on the Apple App Store and SimCity BuildIt ($2M) on the Google Play Store
London, Feb. 12, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Pixalate, the global market-leading ad fraud protection, privacy, and compliance analytics platform, today released the January APAC 2025 Top Grossing 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 reports for China, Japan, Singapore, and India, Pixalate has released Top Grossing Apps Reports for Spain, France, Germany, Israel, Ukraine, Netherlands, the U.S., Canada, Mexico, and Brazil.
Top Grossing Mobile in January 2025 – APAC
China:
- Mobile: Super Crime Iron Hero Robot was the top grossing app ($88K in estimated open programmatic ad revenue) on the Google Play Store in China, and プロジェクトセカイ カラフルステージ！ feat. 初音ミク was the top grossing app on the Apple App Store ($16k)
Japan
- Mobile: クラシルリワード-移動・チラシ・レシートでポイントがたまる ($2M) led on Apple App Store. and SimCity BuildIt ($2M) was No. 1 on Google Play Store
Singapore
- Mobile: Candy Crush Saga ($86K) was at the top on the Google Play Store, and Sudoku ($10K) led on the Apple App Store
India
- Mobile: OLX ($83K) led on the Apple App Store, and Cricbuzz ($644K) was the No. 1 Google Play Store in India
In January 2025, Pixalate’s data science team analyzed 29 billion open programmatic impressions from 6 million mobile apps, including delisted apps sourced from the Apple App Store and Google Play Store. For this research, they also examined 6,000 CTV apps and 3 billion global ad impressions across platforms such as Apple TV, Amazon Fire TV, Roku, and Samsung Smart TV.
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Global Top Grossing Mobile & CTV Apps:
Mobile
- United States
- United Kingdom
- Canada
- France
- Spain
- Germany
- China
- Japan
- Singapore
- India
- Mexico
- Brazil
- Israel
- Netherlands
- Ukraine
CTV
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. 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.
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