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More Than 70 Percent Of App Sessions Are Outside Of The U.S.

Source: https://intelligence.businessinsider.com/welcome

Mobile apps are no longer just for an American audience.

According to Flurry, the U.S. share of Android and iOS app sessions shrank a remarkable 19 percentage points in the past year. U.S.-based sessions now account for less than one-third of the total. The next nine largest markets soaked up much of the usage, increasing their share 12 percentage points to 39 percent of app sessions.

While the U.S. is still the most profitable market for app makers, developers need to start turning their eyes toward the global market, where much of the growth in mobile apps will occur as smartphone penetration slows in the U.S. and other early adopter markets.

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Facebook’s ad revenue may not be growing fast enough to justify a $100 billion valuation. But ads are not the company’s only source of revenue.

Payments are becoming a big deal as well.

Last summer, Facebook started charging companies like Zynga 30 percent of each transaction — like purchasing a virtual good like a cow. (That’s a big reason why Zynga accounts for 12 percent of Facebook’s revenue, alhough that figure includes advertising as well.)

So although payments started as a tiny sliver of Facebook’s overall revenue, now it’s up to about 17 percent of the total.

As companies start to sell other kinds of goods through Facebook, like concert tickets, this percentage could grow.

 

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See Also:

• Facebook Will Make The Fortune 500 Faster Than Any Company Ever
• CHART OF THE DAY: Facebook Revenues Are Decelerating
• Zynga’s Shares Are Skyrocketing After Facebook Revealed Its Addiction To Farmville

Facebook’s ad revenue may not be growing fast enough to justify a $100 billion valuation. But ads are not the company’s only source of revenue.

Payments are becoming a big deal as well.

Last summer, Facebook started charging companies like Zynga 30 percent of each transaction — like purchasing a virtual good like a cow. (That’s a big reason why Zynga accounts for 12 percent of Facebook’s revenue, alhough that figure includes advertising as well.)

So although payments started as a tiny sliver of Facebook’s overall revenue, now it’s up to about 17 percent of the total.

As companies start to sell other kinds of goods through Facebook, like concert tickets, this percentage could grow.

 

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Join the conversation about this story »

See Also:

• Facebook Will Make The Fortune 500 Faster Than Any Company Ever
• CHART OF THE DAY: Facebook Revenues Are Decelerating
• Zynga’s Shares Are Skyrocketing After Facebook Revealed Its Addiction To Farmville

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