Indonesia App Market Statistics (2023)

The Indonesian app market is one of the fastest growing mobile economies in the world, with a large and expanding user base of over 200 million people. While average consumer spend is still relatively low, it is rising as the economy grows.

Users in Indonesia spent an average of 5.7 hours a day on mobile apps in 2022, the highest amongst countries surveyed by data.ai. Compared to 2021, they spent an increased amount of time and money on entertainment apps, particularly short videos. Young people aged 18-24 in particular spent more time on social media and photo and video editing apps than the population as a whole.

Mobile games are popular among Indonesian users, making up four of the top 10 grossing apps in 2022. Spend on mobile games grew by $110 million between 2019 and 2022 while downloads increased by 1.4 billion.

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Android-run devices make up the vast majority of smartphones in Indonesia and Google has a leading market position. The capabilities of these phones are still limited however, due to the limited coverage of 5G networks in the country.

4G coverage has reached around 97 percent of the country, but only around 15 percent of the population has access to the 5G network. There have also been issues with a shortage of mobile spectrum in both urban and rural areas.

The Indonesian government has plans to award frequency bands to dramatically increase the supply of mobile spectrum, which will be crucial to maximise the benefits from the growing userbase of tech-savvy young people spending more time and money on mobile apps.

We have collected data and statistics on the Indonesian mobile app market. Read on below to find out more.

Key Indonesia App Market Statistics

• The Indonesian app market earned $628.2 million in 2022, an increase from $532 million the year before
• TikTok was the top grossing app in Indonesia in 2022, generating $7.2 million
• There were 209.3 million active smartphone users in Indonesia in January 2023, up from 192.6 million the year before
• Apps were downloaded 7.7 billion times in 2022
• The most downloaded app in Indonesia in 2022 was CapCut, which was downloaded 38.3 million times

Indonesia App Market Revenue

Revenue in the Indonesian app market has grown to $628.2 million in 2022 from $480 million two years before. This represents a $3 spend per user.

Indonesia app market annual revenue 2020 to 2022 ($mm)

Indonesia consumer spend per user 2020 to 2022 ($)

Indonesia App Market Revenue by App

TikTok was the top grossing app in Indonesia in 2022, earning $7.2 million. Mobile Legends: Bang Bang was a close second at $7 million.

Indonesia revenue by app 2022 ($mm)

Source: AppFigures

Indonesia Smartphone Users

The number of active smartphone users in Indonesia has grown rapidly, from 54 million in 2015 to 209.3 million in January 2023.

Annual Indonesia smartphone users 2015 to 2023 (mm)

Indonesia Smartphone Population

Around three-quarters of the Indonesian population were active smartphone users in January 2023, up from just over a fifth in 2015.

Indonesia population smartphone usage 2015 to 2023 (%)

Time Spent on Apps in Indonesia

In 2022, users in Indonesia spent 179.7 billion hours on mobile apps, a doubling from pre-pandemic levels of 90 billion in 2019.

Hours spent on mobile apps in Indonesia 2019 to 2022 (bn)

Indonesia App Market Downloads

The number of annual app downloads in Indonesia has grown steadily since 2019, from 5.5 billion to 7.7 billion in 2022, for an average of 36.8 downloads per user.

Indonesia app downloads 2016 to 2022 (bn)

Indonesia downloads per user 2016 to 2022

Indonesia App Market Downloads by App

CapCut was downloaded 38.3 million times in Indonesia in 2022, making it the most downloaded app nationally.

Indonesia downloads by app 2022 (mm)

Source: AppFigures