India's mobile phone users spend nearly 5 hours per day on apps, ranking 5th among the 17 major markets around the globe. SocialPeta analyzed the top 10 Indian social apps in downloads and revenue in the past 6 months to help people in the mobile app industry to understand the current status and trend of the social app market in India.

In October, multiple shopping apps represented by JOANN have started their year-end media buying. Streaming apps rolled out new series and raised their subscription fees for a revenue boost.

The overall performance of global mobile games in October: As the save-the-doge fever still lingers abroad, [Save the puppy] and [Doge Rescue] emerged on the top download rankings. A Marvel CCG card game developed by the Father of Hearthstone and published by Nuverse was released.

In September, Japanese app versions reported growths in revenue, making the Japanese market a "new gold mine". Shopping apps [Flipkart] and [Amazon India Shop] started a shopping spree in India.

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In September, stickman creatives were popular, and [Stick Hero], a game newly released in August, received over 10 million downloads on Google Play. Spot-the-difference gameplay was a growing trend among casual games.

The pressure of sky-high music copyright fees has forced music game developers to develop games that are gameplay-oriented instead of music-oriented, or games with low-cost electronic music.

In August, DAZN was on the chart again thanks to its broadcasting right to Serie A, food delivery apps were thriving in ad creatives, and all kinds of entertainment were recovering.

In August, old parkour games were gaining popularity again with Temple Run on the download chart. Midcore and hardcore mobile games beat puzzle casual games in advertising to greatly change the advertising charts.