Facebook, Whatsapp, Instagram… what are the most downloaded Android and iOS applications since 2010? In a decade, mobile applications have transformed our daily lives, our habits of consumption, entertainment and impact the professional lives of millions of people around the world. Facebook (the company) has been at the centre of these changes. Facebook alone owns four of the most popular applications of the current decade and they also occupy the top places in the ranking. The Scenario In 2019 alone, apps from the Play Store and the App Store were downloaded 120 billion times. This represents an increase of 5% compared to 2018.
Facebook, Whatsapp, Instagram… what are the most downloaded Android and iOS applications since 2010? In a decade, mobile applications have transformed our daily lives, our habits of consumption, entertainment and impact the professional lives of millions of people around the world. Facebook (the company) has been at the centre of these changes. Facebook alone owns four of the most popular applications of the current decade and they also occupy the top places in the ranking.
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The Scenario
In 2019 alone, apps from the Play Store and the App Store were downloaded 120 billion times. This represents an increase of 5% compared to 2018. It is a notable progression showing that the number of downloads does not include reinstallations and updates. Users also spent almost $ 90 billion on app purchases and in-app spending on Android and iOS.
The most striking observation that emerges from this report published by the App Annie platform is that Facebook alone has the four most popular mobile applications: Facebook, Facebook Messenger and WhatsApp occupy the three steps of the podium and are followed by Instagram. , the fourth most downloaded application in 10 years on smartphones and tablets.
Android, iOS: the top 10 most downloaded mobile applications between 2010 and 2019
If Facebook has such a great influence on the daily life of hundreds of millions of people around the world, it is because Mark Zuckerberg’s company has a remarkable ability to attract applications with enormous potential. Instagram and WhatsApp were bought by the group in 2012 and 2014 respectively. Snapchat, which occupies the 5th place in the ranking, could have been phagocytosed if it had not been for the tenacity of its owners who have resisted numerous attempts to acquire it by Facebook. Here are the most downloaded apps on Android and iOS in 10 years.
- Facebook Messenger
- WhatsApp Messenger
- Snapchat
- Skype
- TikTok
- UC Browser
- Youtube
The most downloaded applications in 2019
The little surprise of the decade’s prize list is that Netflix is not one of them. It is nevertheless in the top 10 of the most downloaded applications in 2019 but only comes in 9th position ahead of Spotify, 10th.
- Facebook Messenger
- WhatsApp Messenger
- TikTok
- shareit
- likee
- Snapchat
- Netflix
- Spotify
The most downloaded mobile games on Android and iOS in 10 years
Surprise, Subway Surfers rises to the top of the most downloaded games in 10 years and here is the explanation of App Annie. “Due to its high adoption in India, which accounted for more than 15% of its downloads all time (iOS and Google Play combined), Subway Surfers was the most downloaded game of the decade. ” Candy Crush Saga takes the second step of the podium, followed by Temple Run 2.
- Subway Surfers
- Candy Crush Saga
- Temple run 2
- My Talking Tom
- Clash of clans
- louse
- Hill Climb Racing
- Me, Ugly and Naughty: Minion Rush
- Fruit Ninja
- 8 Ball Pool
The most downloaded mobile games in 2019
- Free fire
- PUBG Mobile
- Subway Surfers
- Color Bump 3D
- Fun Race 3D
- Run Race 3D
- My Talking Tom 2
- Homescapes
- Stack Ball
- Call of Duty: Mobile
The most lucrative applications of the decade (2010-2019)
- Netflix
- Tinder
- Pandora Music
- Tencent Video
- line
- iqiyi
- Spotify
- Youtube
- HBO Now
- Kwai
Netflix and Tinder, which regularly appear in the annual ranking of the most lucrative applications, take the first two places in the ranking of the applications which have generated the most revenue in 10 years. Pandora Music comes third. Some surprises creep into the ranking, the case of Tencent Video, iQIYI or Kwai, very popular applications in Asia.
Source: App Annie
