United States securities and exchange commission logo November 17, 2021 Herald Chen President and Chief Financial Officer AppLovin Corporation 1100 Page Mill Road Palo Alto, California 94304 Re: AppLovin Corporation Draft Registration Statement on Form S-1 Submitted November 9, 2021 CIK No. 0001751008 Dear Mr. Chen: We have conducted a limited review of your draft registration statement. In some of our comments, we may ask you to provide us with information so we may better understand your disclosure. Please respond to this letter by providing any requested information and by publicly filing your registration statement and non-public draft submission on EDGAR. If you do not believe our comments apply to your facts and circumstances or do not believe an amendment is appropriate, please tell us why in your response. After reviewing the information you provide in response to these comments and your filed registration statement, we may have additional comments. DRS on Form S-1 submitted November 9, 2021 General 1. We note that you entered into a definitive agreement to acquire MoPub for approximately $1.05 billion. Please tell us what consideration you have given to providing financial statements and pro forma financial information for MoPub pursuant to Rule 3-05 and Article 11 of Regulation S-X. Please provide the significance computations set forth in Rule 1-02(w) of Regulation S-X to support your conclusions. 2. We note that you have business operations in China and your related risk factor disclosure on pages 31 and 41. Please describe your China-based business operations in greater detail and expand your discussion of the risks relating to your China-based operations. Additionally, please tell us: Herald Chen AppLovin Corporation November 17, 2021 Page 2 the percentage of revenue you generate from China-based customers; whether any of your China-based subsidiaries rely on variable interest entity structures; and whether cash is transferred to you from your China-based subsidiaries. We remind you that the company and its management are responsible for the accuracy and adequacy of their disclosures, notwithstanding any review, comments, action or absence of action by the staff. We also remind you that your registration statement must be on file no later than 48 hours prior to the requested effective date and time. Refer to Rules 460 and 461 regarding requests for acceleration. Please allow adequate time for us to review any amendment prior to the requested effective date of the registration statement. Please contact Mitchell Austin, Staff Attorney, at (202) 551-3574 or Joshua Shainess, Legal Branch Chief, at (202) 551-7951 with any other questions. Sincerely, FirstName LastNameHerald Chen Division of Corporation Finance Comapany NameAppLovin Corporation Office of Technology November 17, 2021 Page 2 cc: Rezwan D. Pavri, Esq. FirstName LastName