

PUBG grossed $1.1 billion, while Arena of Valor was just under a billion. The highest grossing games are massively profitable. Other big games for downloads are the usual suspects: Garena Free Fire, PUBG, Roblox, and Gardenscapes. Amazingly, Subway Surfers, originally released in May 2012, is still on the list with 227 million global installs and 32 million in the U.S. When it comes to games, Apptopia says that the smash hit Among Us! was the most-downloaded game globally and in the U.S., with 264 million installs globally and 41 million in the United States. That likely speaks to its ongoing issues with the departing president and his executive orders calling for its sale. While TikTok is the highest grossing app globally, it doesn’t even show up on the U.S. And the Google One cloud storage services and phone backup is clearly reaching a lot of consumers. Video is obviously huge on this list, with the streamers and YouTube. Here are the top grossing apps of 2020 in the U.S.:

(Important note: all will also have revenue that is invisible on mobile via smart TVs, desktops, bundling services, and other deals.)

In the U.S., YouTube wins the number one spot with $249 million, while Disney+, Hulu, Netflix, and HBO Max all join the list as streaming video services with massive revenue from mobile. Apptopia also ranks the top grossing apps of 2020, according to its data.
