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AppGoblin App Ecosystem Report 2026 Q1

AppGoblin's 2026 Q1 App Ecosystem Report shows Verve leading ad networks for a second consecutive quarter, while Snap Inc., TaurusX, and adjoe also posted strong growth. In business tools, Luciq and PayPal emerged as fast-growing players, and Tenjin and Matomo led attribution analytics growth, though AppsFlyer saw a slight decline in market share. The report, released during MAU in Las Vegas, is available for free with raw data downloads for the top 1,000 app companies.

read1 min publishedMay 19, 2026

The 2026 Q1 App Ecosystem Report is here with a special section for those attending MAU in Vegas this week.

Ad Networks were led by Verve once again after its strong Q4 2025, with other notable breakouts from

[,](https://appgoblin.info/companies/snapchat.com)

**Snap Inc.**[,](https://appgoblin.info/companies/taurusx.io)

**TaurusX**[, and](https://appgoblin.info/companies/adjoe.io)

**adjoe**[.](https://appgoblin.info/companies/moloco.com)

Moloco Business Tools were led by small but super fast growing

. Luciqalso posted strong mobile growth, while emerging companies like

PayPalstood out. AppHarbr In attribution analytics, growth was broadly healthy across the category and was led by

[. Open source product analytics platform](https://apgoblin.info/companies/tenjin.com)

**Tenjin**[also looked great heading into 2026.](https://appgoblin.info/companies/matomo.com)

Matomo One notable absence from the growth list was

, which has historically been one of the category’s largest and most consistent performers but saw a small down tick in tracked market share.

AppsFlyer For Development Tools, Divkit posted solid growth. The framework launched in 2025 and is backed by

. Yandex Report is totally free and the raw data is available as a free dataset download for the top 1000 app companies / ad domains to see their quarter-over-quarter 2026 Q1 growth:

https://appgoblin.info/reports/app-ecosystem-report-Q1-2026

source & further reading
jamesoclaire.com — original article Attribution in the Browser: Who Benefits from Mozilla/Google/Meta's Ad Standard
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