The Pokemon Company and Niantic have had a great year when it comes to Pokemon. But how big a part did Pokemon Go play in that?
Sensor Tower released new details on Pokemon GO in 2019, and the numbers are crazy, to say the outright least. The mobile game was good for a grand total of around $849 million during 2019 – making last year the best performing one!
Pokemon GO – Revenue
- The game made an estimated $894 million in gross player spending for 2019, making for the best year yet
- its second-best year was 2016, where it made $832 million
- it had its fourth-best and fifth-best months ever in 2019, generating $116 million in August and $126 million in September
- $335 million in revenue came from the US in 2019, which equates to 38 percent of all user spending
- Japan ranked No. 2 for revenue with $286 million, or 32 percent of the total
- Germany was No. 3 with $54 million, or 6 percent
- Google Play accounted for the majority of revenue, with users spending $482 million in the game, or 54 percent of the total
- the Apple App Store accumulated $412 million, or 46 percent of all spending
- Niantic has racked up more than $3.1 billion in lifetime player spending
- Average revenue per download for Pokémon GO currently stands at $5.70
- Pokemon GO was the No. 5 top earner worldwide
- Pokémon GO is the only location-based game that has been able to increase its revenue from its launch year
Pokemon GO – Downloads
- Pokémon GO accumulated more than 55 million installs in 2019
- the U.S. accounted for the majority of downloads, picking up more than 10 million installs, or 19 percent of the total
- Brazil was No. 2 with more than 5 million downloads, or 10 percent
- India was No. 3 with more than 3 million installs, or 6 percent
- Google Play accounted for the majority of downloads, racking up 38 million installs, or 69 percent of the total
- the App Store, meanwhile, generated approximately 17 million downloads, or 31 percent
We are pretty confident in saying Pokemon GO is not going anywhere anytime for damn sure. It’s such an income stream that it would be just insane to let go of. (yes yes that sentence was full of puns)
