Apple concluded a lucrative year and started the new one off with a huge bang on day one. The App Store revenue for 2019 was record breaking and so was the amount earned just between Christmas Eve and New Year - $1.42B. Apple paid developers $38B in 2019, a quarter of what they've earned since the App Store launched in 2008 - $155B. Developers were paid $34B in 2018. Meanwhile Apple started off 2020 with a record-breaking $386M earned from the App Store on New Years Day - a 20% increase over last year. It was a big year for Apple services with the launch of Apple TV+, News+ and...
Source: https://www.gsmarena.com/apple_posts_record_app_store_performance_earns_386m_in_a_day_in_2020-news-40938.php