A multi-billion dollar industry— that’s what the mobile gaming market is. That is according to this very long but informative infographic that describes the mobile gaming market condition today.

Geekaphone created this infographic for you to stare at, understand, and maybe turn into a desktop wallpaper.

Here is the full version:

And below is a summary/ rundown of the facts shared:

Mobile Gaming by the numbers:

• $33 billion is what the Mobile Entertainment Industry was worth in 2010
• It is expected to hit $54 by 2015.
• Gambling is set to hit $16 billion this 2011.
• $3.1 billion worth of music was bought on mobile phones in 2010.
• The rest of sales com from Adult Content, Top Social Media Industries (Facebook, Twitter, and e-mail), and a few others
• Sales of ringtones decreased to $527 million down from $600 million comparing 2010 and 2006 figures.
• The Mobile Gaming Industry will make $8 billion this year, and expected to reach $11.4 billion by 2014
• Mobile Gamers Profile: 53 percent are female and 47% are male
• Mobile Social Gamers by Age and Gender – Average Age: Male, 27.4; Female, 28.9
• Free apps only allow users to use them for a limited time. Those are apps laden with ads or links to in-app game purchases
• 81% of all downloads are free
• 51% of the Top 25 grossing games in App Store are free
• In-game purchases are expected to reach $11 billion by 2015
• 50% of revenue from the top grossing iPhone apps comes from in-app purchases
• In 2010, game developers made $87 million off advertising revenue. It should improve 1o times within 5 years at roughly $894 million.
• In-game purchases should overtake Pay-Per-Downloads by 2013
• Free Angry Birds version earns an estimated $1 million a month from ads alone
• 70 – 80% of downloads are games
• Angry Birds have been downloaded 140 million times
• 84% of tablet owners play games
• 68% of respondents spend at least an hour a day on their tablet
• The Android Market now has more free apps than the Apple App Store
• The Android Market will soon overtake the Apple App Store in number of available apps
• No. of Available Applications: Apple – 333,214, Android – 206,143, BlackBerry – 26, 771
• 58% of the most popular developers are creating multiple platform apps
• 46% of BlackBerry owners have no games on their phones, that’s probably why it’s a dying platform.
• 37% of iPhone owners play games daily

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