ChatGPT Revenue and Usage Statistics (2024) - Business of Apps
Nov 13, 2024 · ChatGPT has taken the world by storm, setting a record for the fastest user growth when it launched reaching 100 million users in two months. The implications of this tool are far-reaching, with universities around the world scrambling to find a way to detect ChatGPT use in submitted essays, and tech giants rerouting entire teams to focus on commercializing their own AI efforts. For those ...
Spotify Revenue and Usage Statistics (2024) - Business of Apps
Nov 5, 2024 · Spotify is the world’s biggest music streaming platform by number of subscribers. Users of the service simply need to register to have access to one of the largest collections of music in history, plus podcasts and other audio content. It operates on a freemium model. Free Spotify access comes with lower sound quality, advertisements and requires an internet connection. Those who pay for ...
Most Popular Mobile Games (2024) - Business of Apps
Nov 5, 2024 · Mobile games make up the majority of video games released each year, with thousands of new additions to the Apple App Store and Google Play Store every year. By the mid-2010s, mobile games had surpassed console and PC in volume and revenues, and that gap has continued to widen into the 2020s, with mobile games accounting for over 50 percent of game revenues. In terms of popularity, hundreds of ...
Minecraft Revenue and Usage Statistics (2024) - Business of Apps
Jan 10, 2024 · Minecraft has cemented its place as one of the few games to continue to grow in users a decade after its original release. While most video games have a shelf-life of less than two years, Mojang Studios’ hit game has acquired new users every year, alongside having bursts of older players returning. Launched in 2009 by Markus ‘Notch’ Persson, a game developer who had previously worked for ...
TikTok Revenue and Usage Statistics (2024) - Business of Apps
Oct 10, 2024 · TikTok, known as Douyin in its home market, was launched in China in September 2016. It quickly started to gain traction in China and parent company ByteDance launched an international version the following year. Originally launched as a short-form video sharing platform, primarily for lipsyncing and dancing videos, TikTok has grown into a fully-fledged video service, with content available ...
Most Popular Apps (2024) - Business of Apps
Nov 5, 2024 · The pendulum swung in 2022 with app downloads stagnating, after two years of solid growth under the pandemic. In 2023, some categories saw growth while others continued to stagnate, as users shifted their interests and preferences to a “post-Covid” world. The five most downloaded apps mirrored the previous year, although Instagram surpassed TikTok in total downloads for 2023. Meta’s ...
YouTube Revenue and Usage Statistics (2024) - Business of Apps
Nov 7, 2024 · YouTube was launched in 2005. It was founded by three PayPal employees: Chad Hurley, Steve Chen, and Jawed Karim, who ran the company from an office above a small restaurant in San Mateo. The first video uploaded to the platform was “Me at the zoo”, featuring Karim. By the years end, YouTube was hosting over two million videos per day on its website and was averaging over 20 million daily ...
Temu Revenue and Usage Statistics (2024) - Business of Apps
Nov 4, 2024 · Chinese discount ecommerce app Temu has taken the United States and United Kingdom by storm, as the newest Chinese-based challenger aiming to saturate the market with products at under half the price of similar items on Amazon and other ecommerce stores. Temu, which is owned by Chinese ecommerce giant Pinduoduo, launched in the US in 2022 and in select European countries in 2023, offering a ...
Netflix Revenue and Usage Statistics (2024) - Business of Apps
Nov 28, 2024 · Netflix was conceived in 1997 by Reed Hastings (the current CEO) and Marc Randolph. Both had previous ventures in the West Coast tech scene, Hastings was the owner of debugging software firm Pure Atria, while Randolph had co-founded and then sold MicroWarehouse for $700 million. Originally a DVD-rental service, in the same vein as Blockbuster, Netflix broke ground with its mail order service ...
Apple Statistics (2024) - Business of Apps
Nov 7, 2024 · Apple is one of the most influential and recognisable brands in the world, responsible for the rise of the smartphone with the iPhone. Valued at over $2 trillion in 2021, it is also the most valuable technology company in the world. Originally known for desktop computers, Apple was one of the first companies to switch to the graphical user interface (GUI) and saw success with the first ...