Apptopia, which collects data from Google Play Store and the iOS App store to provide insight into consumer behavior, has released the worldwide and US Download Leaders list. Apptopia releases this list every year, and this year the list has various categories like most downloaded games, most downloaded health and fitness apps, and the ten most downloaded mental health apps.
Talking about the globally, TikTok surprisingly takes the cake with 850 million downloads. In fact, Tiktok was the most downloaded game in the US too, with 89 million downloads. Tiktok was the highest-grossing app worldwide, it generated a revenue of 540 Million dollars.
Messaging app WhatsApp, social media platforms Facebook and Instagram are at the second, third, and fourth position with 600 million downloads, 540 million downloads, and 503 million downloads, in the ten most downloaded apps list. Zoom is in the fifth position with 477 million downloads. This new entrant on the list is not unusual since the past year the use of Zoom has increased significantly.
The other apps in the ten most downloaded apps in 2020 globally are Facebook Messenger, Snapchat, Telegram, Google Meet, and Netflix in that order. The ten most downloaded apps of the US list is almost identical to the worldwide ten most downloaded apps list except CashApp, and Disney Plus make an appearance instead of Telegram and Google Meet.
The ten highest-grossing apps in the worldwide category include Tiktok, Tinder, Youtube, Disney Plus, Tencent Video, Piccoma, Line Manga, Line, iQIYI, and Netflix.
The most downloaded games in the worldwide category include a lot of fan favorites. Among Us took the crown in this category with 264 Million downloads. Subway Surfers, Garena Free Fire, PUBG, Gardenscapes, and Roblox are some of the games on the list. Shockingly, in the ten highest-grossing apps list, PUBG stood first, and Gradenscapes and Roblox made an appearance while others in the list were Pokemon Go, Arena of Valor, and Coin master.
Health and Fitness apps Headspace and Calm also ranked high in the health and fitness list in multiple categories.
So, there you have it! To access the complete list, please visit the Apptopia website.
This post was last modified on January 9, 2021 11:54 pm