2025 in Numbers: A Look at the Mobile Gaming Boom and Top-Selling Titles

Before celebrating Catholic Christmas, the editorial team at GamesIndustry.biz traditionally compiled a wealth of data on the gaming industry from the past year. This information has been presented in a visually engaging infographic, incorporating insights from several agencies such as Newzoo, Sensor Tower, and Circana among others.

In 2025, the video game market reached a remarkable volume of $197 billion, marking a 7.5% increase compared to 2024. Notably, this figure represents the highest growth since 2020, when the industry experienced a massive 19.6% surge due to pandemic-related lockdowns. In the years that followed, growth had not exceeded 2%.

The distribution across platforms in 2025 is as follows:

In the mobile entertainment sector, Tencent emerged as the leading company, both in revenue and in the number of downloads. The company owns titles such as Honor of Kings, PUBG Mobile, among others.

When it comes to the geographical breakdown of mobile game downloads, India tops the chart with 7.25 billion downloads, followed by the United States with 3.23 billion, and Brazil rounding out the top three with 2.93 billion. Russia secured the fifth position on this list with 1.81 billion downloads. However, in terms of spending on mobile games, it is American users who take the lead, spending a total of $23.5 billion over the year. They are followed by Chinese users with $11.3 billion and Japanese users with $9.55 billion, making up the top three spending nations.

Below, we’ve compiled some of the most interesting data from the collected statistics. The complete infographic is available in the attached screenshots.