Pokémon Go has earned more than $5 billion in revenue since it was originally released, according to analytics data.
Store Intelligence data gathered by Sensor Tower shows that the game earned $641.6 million in the first half of 2021, marking its best ever start to a year.
According to Sensor Tower, Pokemon Go earned record revenue in 2020, earning $1.3 billion for the entire year. With that first half 2021 revenue figure of $641.6 million, it’s on track to deliver similar results this year.
The United States and Japan are by far the game’s biggest generators of revenue according to the data, with around 36% and 32% of its lifetime player spending coming from those countries respectively. The third biggest is Germany with 5.4%.
The data also estimates that while 77% of Pokemon Go’s total installs were for the Android version of the game, player spending on Android only…
