In 2018, the Pokémon GO app saw the additions of the research tasks, trading, and player-vs-player battle features.
In December alone, the app earned more than US$75 million worldwide, about a 32% increase over the same month in 2017.
Mobile app data analysis organization Sensor Tower reported on Wednesday that the Pokémon GO smartphone game earned an estimated US$795 worldwide in 2018, about a 35% increase over its revenue from 2017.
In addition to Pokémon GO, Niantic publishes Ingress Prime, and is developing Harry Potter: Wizards Unite.