Top 5 Games in South Africa, Q3 2022: Unified Platform Performance

In the third quarter of 2022, the top 5 game applications in South Africa on a unified platform—combining both iOS and Android data—showed varying trends in weekly downloads, revenue, and active users. Here’s a detailed look at their performance:

Subway Surfers from Sybo Games ApS experienced fluctuations in its weekly revenue, starting at $1.9K and dipping to around $521 by mid-August, before recovering to $1K by the end of September. Weekly downloads peaked in mid-July at 36.4K, then gradually decreased to 24.6K by the end of the quarter. Active users remained relatively stable, averaging around 330K, with minor dips and peaks throughout the period.

Candy Crush Saga by King maintained a strong revenue stream, starting at $178K and ending the quarter at $193K. Weekly downloads saw a peak of 26.4K in late August, before slightly decreasing to 19.3K by the end of September. Active users hovered around 380K, with a peak of 394K in mid-September.

Call of Duty®: Mobile from Activision Publishing, Inc. showed a varied revenue pattern, beginning Q3 with $59K and ending with a high of $61K. Downloads saw an upward trend, peaking at 10.8K in the final week of September. Active users remained consistent, averaging around 34K throughout the quarter.

8 Ball Pool™ by Miniclip.com had a notable revenue peak of $7.1K in late July, before stabilizing around $4.7K towards the end of September. Weekly downloads were relatively stable, ranging from 12.1K to 14.8K. Active users consistently hovered around 250K, with minor fluctuations.

Roblox from Roblox Corporation showed strong revenue performance, starting at $64K and peaking at $68K in late September. Downloads ranged from 11.4K to 16.4K, with a noticeable peak in the final week of September. Active users consistently remained high, averaging around 390K, with a peak of nearly 400K at the end of the quarter.

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