China becomes top app publisher, beating US

China has overtaken the United States for the first time to dominate a new list of the Top 52 app publishers around the globe, with 17 domestic companies earning places on the annual Top 52 Publishers list released on April 12 by data.ai, a USbased mobile analytics company.

Jeffery Zheng, regional director for data.ai Greater China, highlighted the considerable progress made by Chinese app publishers over the past year, saying China has become the world’s most developed mobile market.

China’s top gaming and social media operator Tencent Holdings and leading gaming outfit NetEase have retained the top two spots in data.ai’s 2022 Top 52 Publishers list for the fifth consecutive year. USbased gaming powerhouse Activision Blizzard jumped one position to No 3.