There is still no official word on the number of times the incredibly popular Pokémon Go game has been downloaded, but Apple today confirmed to Polygon that the game has broken a record.
Pokemon Go has had more downloads in its first week than any other app in history, Apple said today. The company declined to give any specific numbers. Nintendo referred us to The Pokémon Company for any such data .We've reached out to The Pokémon Company for more specific numbers and will update this story if they release them.
Launched earlier this month in North America and hitting Japan just today, Pokémon Go quickly soared to the top of the charts on iTunes and Google Play. It’s currently listed as the top free and top-grossing app on both mobile storefronts.
Estimates put the game’s revenue at anywhere from $1 million to $2.3 million a day.
An App Annie analyst has told Inverse that the firm could see the game pulling in a billion dollars a year once the server issues are smoothed out and the game launches worldwide. The game is the fastest mobile game ever to reach the number one spot for revenue on mobile stores, outpacing even Clash Royale, according to App Annie and VentureBeat.