Top 8 Apps that Make Huge Money from Ads and Subscriptions

Ever tried to know how much money the top apps are making every month? They are earning millions for their owners.

But creating and maintaining such a huge revenue-generating app is not a simple task. Triumphing it is what differentiates the highest earning apps from other apps. Since apps are turning out to be million dollar businesses, there is an increased demand for mobile app development companies who develop revenue-generating apps.

Advertising is the easiest way for any app to monetize. And some apps yield most of their revenue from in-app purchases or subscriptions. Let’s see now which apps turned billionaire from ads and subscriptions.

Top 8 Apps with Highest Sales Revenue

List of applications with the highest sales revenue in 2016 internationally:

Note: The list includes only apps, not games.

Spotify (spotify.com)

Do you use Spotify? Not me, but a large number of people absolutely love it.

Spotify is a music streaming app with 30M songs. On an average, Spotify makes $7.71 million a month on just iOS from advertisements and subscriptions, particularly its low-cost premium subscriptions itself brought it a massive amount of revenue. This is just an old data of 2015, meanwhile, their revenue has skyrocketed with the growing number of users.

You may be thinking, why Facebook is not on top, it’s because Facebook (and many others) use advertising of their own platform, not any external advertising or in-app purchases.

Line (line.me)

By selling its typical stickers and having stabled popularity in the Japanese market, Line is managed to secure the second place in the list. But in other regions, Line is still struggling to have a notable presence. Line’s net revenue in 2016 was over $1 billion.

Netflix (netflix.com)

Since online streaming of TV shows is becoming increasingly popular, (though it is a contrast to the traditional media), Netflix.com has managed to occupy the third place in the list. Netflix is the world’s leading subscription service for watching TV episodes and movies on the mobile app, smart TV, game console, and PC.

Tinder (gotinder.com)

Tinder is the most used as well as the most popular dating app today. It made $799K per month on just Android in 2015. Now with the increasing user base, Tinder is a making a pretty good amount.

HBO NOW (order.hbonow.com)

HBO NOW app lets you enjoy every episode of HBO’s addictive series such as Game of Thrones, Westworld, Big Little Lies, and other big premieres. In addition to this, you can also get excited with smart talk shows, thought-provoking documentaries, and special events. HBO NOW charges $14.99/month after the initial one-month free trial.

Pandora Radio (pandora.com)

Pandora gives you a personalized music experience that continuously evolves with your tastes. You can create personalized stations from songs, artists or genres. Pandora’s app makes about $1.02 million a month just on iOS. Pandora is currently available only in USA, Australia and New Zealand.

iQIYI (iqiyi.com)

iQIYI is the largest online video platform in China. iQIYI app brings videos, social networking, reading, shopping, tickets booking, games and a variety of life service at one platform. It once ranked as the sixth most downloaded apps globally. Subsequently, its revenue also jumped.

LINE Manga (manga.line.me)

Line Manga is an electronic manga platform for smartphones that combines a store that sells manga, a viewer, and a bookshelf to view bought manga all in one app. It is the largest online manga platform in Japan filled with over 100000 volumes. In the short time, Line Manga achieved a huge number of downloads. Line Manga can only be used in Japan.

Conclusion:

Hope you got a great list of top revenue-generating apps. In case if you have a great app idea, you’re suggested to collaborates with an experienced mobile application development company who can help you turn your app idea into a million dollar app.

Source: androidpit.com/which-applications-make-the-most-money