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Mario Kart Tour Speeds to 90 Million Downloads in First Week to Become Nintendo's Fastest-Ever Mobile Game Launch

By Mario Kart Tour·Oct 3, 2019·2 min read

According to Sensor Tower, Mario Kart Tour became Nintendo's fastest mobile game launch ever, reaching 90 million unique downloads in its first week.
This is six times higher than Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp (14.3 million) and surpasses Super Mario Run (13 million).
However, in player spending, it ranks third with $12.7 million, behind Super Mario Run ($16.1 million) and Fire Emblem Heroes ($28.2 million).
Android accounted for 59.5% of downloads (53.5 million), while iOS contributed 75.5% of revenue ($9.6 million).
Revenue per download was $0.26 on iOS versus $0.06 on Android.
The US led both downloads (13.2 million, 14.7%) and revenue ($5.8 million, 45.4%), followed by Brazil and Japan.
In comparison, Tencent's Crazy Racing KartRider had 2.8 million first-week downloads and $17.8 million spending in China.

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