Industry Growth Rate of Downloaded Mobile Games

In November 2007, the number of games downloaded on to mobile phones stood at 7.22 million. In the past year, this number has grown by 17% to 8.463 million by November 2008. The impetus to this growth has been provided by the Smartphone segment, mainly Blackberry Curve and iPhones.

32.4 percent of iPhone users downloaded a mobile game as compared to the industry average of 3.8 percent

Split of share between Smartphones and non-Smartphones in the number of downloaded games in November 2008:

Smartphones : 2.869 million (291% growth)
Non-Smartphones : 5.593 million (14% decline)