The dedicated mobile apps for WhatsApp, Facebook, Instagram, and Messenger scored nearly two billion downloads between them worldwide. In a similar vein, four of the top ten most downloaded apps on Apptopia’s chart are Facebook-owned, which goes a long way toward highlighting the degree to which Facebook has integrated itself into the basic fabric of 21st-century life. 1 spot, but Facebook’s got a lot of mobile real estate. Nobody seems to like Zoom, but everyone seems to be using it regardless. Google Meet came in well behind it at 254 million downloads worldwide, and didn’t crack the top 10 in the U.S. It racked up 477 million downloads worldwide and 81 million in the U.S. Despite a crazy year, it still managed to pull down well over half a billion dollars in gross revenue worldwide, coming in above other high earners like Tinder ($513 million), YouTube ($478 million), and Disney+ ($314 million).Īn unsurprising newcomer to the top 10, both here and abroad, was Zoom, which went from an occasional option to a necessary working tool during 2020’s quarantines.
In a year that was defined by the COVID-19 pandemic, many people’s behavior on- and offline changed dramatically, and there’s a lot to learn about the year in what was and wasn’t getting installed on phones and tablets.įor apps, TikTok ruled both the worldwide and U.S. Market intelligence firm Apptopia released its report on the most downloaded mobile apps of 2020.
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