In 2013, the global mobile games market grew by 35% to reach $12.3bn. Deeper analysis of this growth show significant differences between appstores and countries. As part of our 2013 review effort, we have looked at individual store growth and country rankings over the last 9 months of 2013 for the iPad, iPhone and GooglePlay stores. An overview of ranking shifts per appstore can be found in the graphs below. On a global level, the $12.3bn revenues generated by mobile games in 2013 are regionally divided as follows:
- Asia-Pacific: 48% or $5.9bn
- North America: 24% or $3.0bn
- Europe, Middle-East and Africa: 24% or $3.0bn
- Latin-America, 4% or $0.4bn