Between 2022 and the first half of 2023, Tencent was the leading app publisher worldwide. The tech giant is the publisher of several popular apps for the Chinese market, such as WeChat and QQ, as well as some of the highest-grossing mobile games on the global market, such as PUBG Mobile and Honor of Kings. ByteDance ranked second, as the Chinese-based TikTok and Douyin skyrocketed to the top of the rankings for the most used social video apps worldwide. Google came in third, while gaming publisher Activision Blizzard followed.
Leading mobile app publishers worldwide from January 2022 to June 2023
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