GMIC Silicon Valley and App Annie Launch "Mobilizing the Next 5 Billion" Infographic Revealing Worldwide App Download and Revenue Growth by Market

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MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., Dec. 1, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Silicon Valley's largest mobile Internet conference, GMIC SV, has partnered with App Annie to explore and map the emerging mobile app markets. The US share of global internet users is dropping, and the fastest growing mobile markets are in emerging economies. User bases are increasingly international, internet traffic is increasingly mobile, and the growing mobile worldwide user base is rewarding the firms who reach them. Keeping these trends in mind, GMIC SV 2014 will explore the theme Mobilizing the Next 5 Billion. The conference brings the global mobile ecosystem to Silicon Valley for three days of thought provoking presentations on the industry's hottest topics and exclusive networking opportunities with industry leaders.

App Annie is one of the leading mobile app for marketing data firm providing an industry standard for analytics and market data in the apps and digital content economy. App Annie analyzed their data through the prism of GMIC SV conference theme and the findings are presented in the infographic.

The infographic is based on quarterly iOS and Google Play indexed app download and revenue data by country. Japan, South Koreaand United States continue to be "App Store Superpowers", with a collective 1.1x download growth and 1.7x revenue growth. They are the three largest markets by revenue in Q3, 2014. The BRIC markets - Brazil, Russia, India and China saw 1.3x download growth and 2.2x revenue growth. Brazil saw the highest percent download share growth, among the BRIC countries, followed by Russia,India and China. App Annie's Q3 2014 Market Index saw China break into the top 3 by iOS revenue and many more developing countries leap in downloads. BRIC countries finished Q3 2014 near neck-and-neck with "App Store Superpowers" in downloads, laying the foundation for strong revenue growth from their massive smartphone user bases.

Mexico, Indonesia, Turkey and Vietnam collectively saw a 1.6x download growth and 1.5x revenue growth. These four "Markets to Watch" are the top growing markets by percentage share of downloads from Q3 2013 to Q3 2014. With the continued rollout of 4G networks and growing smartphone penetration, these countries are setting the stage for massive growth in the future.