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HOW AND WHYAPP LOCALIZATION
IS IMPORTANT?
There has been immense of hard work put in by thedevelopers in making an app. Designing, coding,strategizing, testing, debugging, some more debugging,porting; and then the app is ready to be publishedacross the globe to maximum number of app stores.
But with one major issue pertaining to the app and allthe supporting marketing material of the app the appis either in one language or probably two.
If this is what stands correct in your case, then you arecertainly missing out on a major opportunity of earninggood revenues. We will definitely let you know why.
Today, the prime goal of every app developer is toencounter maximum number of downloads for theirapp, which will then allow the app to grab a place inthe top charts.
If we go by the numbers, it takes almost 40,000downloads per day to hit the Top 25 chart. Now, thereare over 1 million apps in the app stores, all togethermaking tremendous efforts to boost app visibility andthereby encounter highest number of downloads.
Due to this, the app stores are witnessing a bottlenecksituation which has led to the evolution of ASO followingto which, Mobile App Localization has become theneed of the hour for the developers.
Today, more and more Mobile App Multilingual Servicesare emerging in the market.
Let us fetch some engrossing insights on mobileapp localization which will help us understand theimportance of releasing the app in multiplelanguages.
• Korea, China and other East Asian countriesprefer to download apps in Chinese. They infactmakeup the largest portion of app downloadactivity behind the U.S.
• According to 2011 data, the U.S. only made up34% of the iOS global revenue share. While theremaining 66% of the revenue comes from therest of the world.
• According to the data released by Flurry,Chinahas overtook the U.S. to become the topsmart device market (in terms of the number ofactive iOS and Android smart device, includingboth smartphones and tablets) in the world.
• According to a report released by App Annierecently, Japanhas surpassed the U.S. and is nowthe number one country in terms of GooglePlayrevenue. This is the first time in history that the U.S.did not rank as the top country on Google Playin terms of revenue. Since January 2012, theGoogle Play revenue in the U.S. has only growntwice while the revenue in Japan has increasedby 10 times!
• According to the research, revenue generatedby freemium apps has grown more than 4Xduring the last 24 months for iOS apps and more
than 3.5X in 2012 for Google Play apps. Andamong different countries, Japanand China arethe growth leaders for freemium revenues.
• According to a research by Distimo, Localizationincreases downloads by 128% on Average foriPhone apps. It also suggested that users inChina, Japan and South Korea have a strongpreference for local language when choosingapps. This research has proved that, Apps thatsupport the native language dominate the Topcharts.
• According to Google report, there are 1.5 millionandroid devices activated on daily bases out ofwhich a large majority of these are believed tobe in language other than English. More to that,the Android apps are downloaded every day bypeople from 190 countries.
• While it is South Korea, Hong Kong, Taiwan,United States, Singapore, Sweden, Israel,Denmark, Netherlands and Norway that makethe Top10 countries with the highest downloadsper capita, there are only 4.9% of apps in theAndroid App store that have been localized forat least one specific country.
If these factuals aren’t enough, we have one more tomake you believe. The fact is, 90% of the apps in theTop 20 of each country's App Store are localized. It isproven that users are overwhelmingly downloadingapps in their own language.
It is evident that App Localization is extremely importantfor the developers as it leverages the success they arecuriously looking for. Localize your app in maximumlanguages and let maximum number of people accessyour app in their preferred language.
The more number of downloads the better the scope ofwitnessing increase in revenue earnings. If you arelooking for an experienced mobile app marketingcompany, then opt for AppN2o.
It provides the best Mobile App Multilingual Services foriPhone and Android App developers with a seamlessprocess.