Downloads up, spend down. How mobile gaming weathered the economic storm of 2022.

Mobile gaming certainly felt the impact of inflation and economic hardship in 2022. Game downloads were up +6.7 billion, yet spending went down - 5%. What gives? Read on to learn what was going on in the mobile gaming space in 2022 in our overview of ’s State of Mobile Gaming 2023 report.

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