Today App Annie, the mobile data and analytics company, released its 2021 top publisher awards. And of the 52 top publishers it identified, 40 of them were primarily engaged in making mobile games.
At number one was Tencent (Games for Peace), followed by NetEase (Knives Out) and then Playrix (Gardenscapes). While App Annie also noted that Lilith (12th), Roblox (19th), Moon Active (23rd) and Scopely (28th) had shifted up by more than 10 places on their efforts last year. Their keys titles were Rise of Kingdoms, ROBLOX, Coin Master, and MARVEL Strike Force respectively.
The US continued to have the largest number of top publishers at 16, while China was close behind at 15. Although purely in gaming terms, China took the lead.