What kind of apps would earn you more money?

I see a lot of tech products on Product Hunt that are meant to improve someone else's business situation, and as many makers as possible are ideally targeting the B2B market.

However, this past week I've also seen a lot of "fun" products that not only made it into the featured category but also earned one of the product of the day titles.

According to statistics, the most downloaded apps are games and probably this category earns the most money.

No wonder, because:

• people like to be entertained

• people like to spend time doing an easy activity

• monetisation can be quite easy with in-app ads

• this category of apps will be used by everyone (kids as well as adults)

• gamification only intensifies this situation so people are more likely to spend their time there (this is also valid for Duolingo, or also various "casino games", and "esports games")

So if there's a lot of money in this sector, why aren't you making games? 😀

If you happen to be a game developer – feel free to share what you created. + I am also curious how you marketed it. 🙂

Additional info – the app categories generating the most revenue globally as for 2024:

🎲 Gaming

📺 Entertainment

📱 Social media

📷 Photo & Video

🎧 Music