App Annie: consumers spent $170B on mobile apps globally in 2021, up 19% YoY, with 230B app downloads; the average American spent 4.1 hours on apps per day (Sarah Perez/TechCrunch)

Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
App Annie: consumers spent $170B on mobile apps globally in 2021, up 19% YoY, with 230B app downloads; the average American spent 4.1 hours on apps per day  —  Consumer spending on mobile apps reached $170 billion in 2021, according to App Annie's newly released “State of Mobile 2022″ report …