PUBG Mobile Tops $10 Billion In Revenue, Second Only To Honor Of Kings

(CTN News) – As per Sensor Tower, the amount spent by players on PUBG Mobile since the game was launched in March of last year has exceeded $10 billion since its launch.

• Among the total revenues generated by this game, 60.3% were generated by the Chinese market, followed by 10.7% from the US market, 3.7% from Japan, and 1.6% from South Korea, thus making up 60.3% of the total.

• According to RpD (revenue per download), China is also the world’s top country in terms of revenue per download, with $34.2, followed by Japan ($31.8), the United States ($15.9), and South Korea ($7.29).

• A total of 21.8% of the total downloads of PUBG Mobile have been from India, where the app is operated as Battlegrounds Mobile India.

• It is important to note that China (14.3%) and the US (5.9%) also make up the top 3 countries. In spite of this, Sensor Tower did not divulge the total number of installations that it has made.

• PUBG Mobile is an iOS and Android game developed by Tencent’s subsidiary LightSpeed & Quantum that accounts for 21.2% of the Chinese tech giant’s mobile revenue (Honor of Kings tops the list with 26.3%).

• As for Krafton, which owns the IP rights for PUBG Mobile as well as the main game, 87.4% of the company’s mobile sales are generated by PUBG Mobile itself.

• At present, Tencent operates two of the most successful mobile games from the past few years, Honor of Kings and PUBG Mobile, which have generated over $5 billion in revenue and around $4.5 billion in revenue, respectively, during this period.

• In addition to Genshin Impact, Candy Crush Saga, and Roblox, there are several other games in the top 5 of global player spending as well.

• Aside from that, PUBG Mobile is also the number one mobile shooter in terms of revenue, with a player spending three times more on it than its closest competitor, Garena’s Free Fire, after all.

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