You may recognize money-making apps like Candy Crush, Clash of Clans, Words With Friends, and Despicable Me: Minion Rush, but what about the makers behind these blockbusters?
App Annie ranked the top 52 app publishers of 2013, and we decided to feature the top 15 to give you an idea for who is making it big in the app stores. The companies are ranked based on their combined global revenue from Apple's App Store and Google Play for the year of 2013.
App Annie did not disclose the exact dollar numbers, but we tried to search a bit to get you some data.
15. Caesars Entertainment
Mobile apps are only a small part of what this gaming giant does. Caesars Entertainment publishes apps that supplement the casino experience by offering tips on places and events to explore. It also creates mobile games like Bingo Blitz through its subsidiaries Buffalo Studios, Pacific Interactive, and Playtika.
Caesars Entertainment brought in more than $8.5 billion in revenue in 2013, but obviously a majority of that was probably from its physical casinos and not its apps.
14. Sega
Sega is a veteran when it comes to developing games, having been founded in 1960. Its mobile apps have followed in the success of Sega's earlier digital games with titles like Crazy Taxi and Golden Axe along with the classic Sonic games.
Sega Sammy Holdings, Sega's parent company, reported $3.7 billion in sales for the last financial year, but that's for all of its products.
13. Zynga
Zynga has come out with lots of big apps including Words With Friends, Scramble With Friends, and Draw Something, but it is struggling to maintain its status after a not-so-successful IPO.
In 2013, Zynga brought in more than $870 million in revenue, which definitely is not too shabby, but when you compare it to 2012's $1.28 billion in revenue, it's not looking so great.
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