A new analytics report has revealed the highest-grossing subscription apps on iOS for 2020. YouTube Premium heads the list, which allows subscribers to watch videos without ads, download them for offline viewing, and also includes access to YouTube Music Premium. The top 10 list unsurprisingly features four other streaming video services … Sensor Tower’s top 10 ranking includes Disney+, Hulu, HBO Max, and ESPN. YouTube Tinder Disney+ Pandora Bumble Hulu HBO Max YouTube Music ESPN Amazon Music The firm said that a trend toward subscription apps accelerated last year. Worldwide consumer spending in the top 100 non-game subscription-based apps grew 34 percent year-over-year from $9.7 billion in 2019 to $13 billion […] [We] found that mobile game publishers were adopting subscription models at an increased rate in 2020, with eight of the 15 top grossing titles offering recurring in-app payments. This shift in strategy follows consumer trends—even before the COVID-19 pandemic, consumers have been spending more on the top subscription apps than in the past. From Q1 2019 to Q4 2020, U.S. consumers spent more in the top 100 subscription apps each successive quarter. This cohort of apps saw $1.7 billion in the final quarter of 2020, up 31 percent…
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YouTube, Tinder, and Disney+ are the highest-grossing subscription apps on iOS
