Mobile macro – gig apps jump, sportsbooks growth recent highs, travel slows

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• (JET/UBER) Gig apps jump – food delivery & rideshare apps trended up in June, up +6% YoY after more modest growth in recent months.
• (FLTR) Sportsbook growth at recent highs – Sportsbooks apps are accelerating, with downloads +45% YoY in June – its highest level in the last 12 months.
• (Airlines) Travel slows – travel app downloads slowed, -1% YoY, after improvement in recent months. Airlines led the charge, with AAL / UAL / DAL /JBLU all decelerating on YoY growth in June.  

June mobile macro

We use aggregated download data to check on sector-level trends across mobile apps. 

Gig apps jump – food delivery & rideshare apps trended up in June, up +6% YoY after more modest growth in recent months. JET / Grubhub jumped in June, up to +24% YoY – likely driven by the Amazon Prime partnership. Uber also improved in June, up to +4% YoY after being negative in May. 

Sportsbook growth at recent highs – Sportsbooks apps are accelerating, with downloads +45% YoY in June – its highest level in the last 12 months. In June, the growth was driven by Fanduel – jumping to +61% YoY. DraftKing’s growth remains strong but decelerated from May. 
Travel slows – travel app downloads slowed, -1% YoY, after improvement in recent months. Airlines led the charge, with AAL / UAL / DAL /JBLU all decelerating on YoY growth in June.

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