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Research confirms ‘Ramadan effect’ as region’s mobile app revenues surpass US$1.7 bn

Appsflyer reveals mobile app consumer insights and behavioural trends in spending and usage for the holy month of Ramadan this year.

mobile app“This year’s Ramadan data reinforces how critical the season has become for mobile-first engagement strategies,” said Sue Azari, Industry Lead – eCommerce, at AppsFlyer.

New data from marketing measurement, attribution, and data analytics research house AppsFlyer reveals another year of dramatic growth in mobile app engagement, installs, and revenue across the Middle East during the holy month of Ramadan.

Research reveals that mobile app activity across the region saw a significant uplift during the Holy Month with a 15 per cent year-on-year (YoY) increase in sessions across gaming, shopping, and finance apps. Non-organic installs also increased by an estimated 10 per cent YoY across categories and in-app purchase revenue climbed by 18 per cent YoY to reach US$1.70bn.

“This year’s Ramadan data reinforces how critical the season has become for mobile-f


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Shantelle Nagarajan is Campaign Middle East’s Junior Reporter who covers marketing news which focuses on FMCG, real estate and brand retail industries. Her features delve into brand strategy, appointments, trends in consumer behaviour and CX. Shantelle also contributes to social media coverage, editorial event programming and print content work. She previously worked in PR and marketing, most recently at Edelman, where she was part of the Brand team. When she’s not writing for her day job, you can find her with her nose buried in a book, playing at a weekly open mic night or doom-scrolling the latest make-up challenges on TikTok.