A Tech Savvy Researcher Feature: Mobile Gaming by the Numbers (Infographic)

Happy Sunday tech savvy researchers!

Here are some cool and interesting Mobile Gaming Industry statistics according to recent research conducted by Geekaphone (an online resource for the mobile phone industry).

-The Mobile Gaming Industry was worth $33 Billion in 2010, it is expected to hit $54 Billion by 2015.

-The Mobile Gaming Industry will make $8 billion this year, and is expected to reach $11.4 billion by 2014.

-In 2010, game developers made $87 million off advertising revenue. By 2015, this figure is expected to reach 10 times that amount at roughly $894 million

-53% of mobile gamers are female. 47% are Male.

-Mobile Gamers are predominantly age 18-44.

-81% of all downloads are free.

-70-80% of all mobile downloads are games.

-In-Game purchases are expected to reach $11 billion by 2015

-Angry Birds has been downloaded 140 million times.

Android vs. Apple
-The Android Market will soon overtake the Apple App Store in number of total available apps.
-The Android Market has more free apps than the Apple App Store

Check out the informative Mobile Gaming Industry Research Infographic:
 

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