According to Statista, there should be 258,2 billion downloads of Smartphone-Apps worldwide by 2022.
That would be an increment of more than 44% regarding that 2017, there were about 178,1 billion downloads.
However, there’re some apps responsible for that high number of downloads.
But which are these apps?
If you want to find out the most downloaded iPhone Apps by January 2020, here they are:
1. Tik Tok #1 in Entertainment
Tik Tok is an awesome app that lets you create and share lip-sync videos or short movie scenes.
The app is so popular worldwide and gained even more popularity over the last months that many people use it all the time.
Millions of users install the app every day and use it on average for one hour a day to watch short videos.
2. YouTube #2 in Photo and Video
YouTube is a video sharing platform founded in 2005 by the US company YouTube LLC, which is a Google company since 2006. Users can view, rate, comment on and upload video clips on the portal free of charge.
All in all, they’ve two billion active users per month. PewDiePie, a gamer who publishes his gaming videos on YouTube, made 13 million dollars through YouTube. In 2014, YouTube itself made about four billion US dollars in sales, mostly through ads. In 2019, YouTube achieved annual sales of 15 billion dollars.
3. Instagram #1 Photo and Video
Instagram is an online photo and video sharing service that is part of Facebook.
Instagram is a mixture of microblog and audio-visual platform and allows photos to be shared on other social networks.
The social network gained a lot of popularity over the last years. They have 1.000 million active users per month worldwide. This means that about 1.000 million people post a photo on Instagram minimum once per month.
Yet, 500 million people post a Instagram-story a day.
4. WhatsApp #1 in Social Networks
Using the WhatsApp Messenger, you can communicate comfortably and easily in individual and group chats. You can also do mobile calls with somebody.
WhatsApp dominates the Category Social Networks by far. They have 2 billion active users per month. That’s two times more users than Instagram has.
5. Facebook #2 in Social Networks
We all know Facebook. Facebook is a social network and achieved a profit of 18.485 million USD in 2019. They made nearly 67 million USD in revenue through ads last year.
No surprise, Facebook is the biggest competition to Google.
6. Facebook Messenger #3 in Social Networks
Facebook Messenger is a messaging app and platform developed by Facebook.
In fact, it’s the messaging service of Facebook, but they have their own app.
- Netflix
Netflix deals with paid streaming and production of films and series. It was founded by Reed Hastings and Marc Randolph in 1997 in Los Gatos, California and initially operated as an online video store, shipping films on DVD and Blu-ray to its subscribers.
These times, Netflix generates a revenue of 20,16 billion USD.
8. Google Maps #1 in Navigation
With Google Maps you can search and explore places around the world on your PC, mobile phone or tablet. Google Maps is an online mapping service provided by the US company Google LLC. The earth’s surface can be viewed as a road map or as an aerial or satellite image, and it also shows the location of institutions or known objects.
9. Gmail #1 in Productivity
Google Mail, formerly known as Gmail from time to time and region to region, is a free, advertising-financed email service from Google.
10. Kuaishou
Kuaishou is a Chinese video-sharing app, developed by Beijing Kuaishou Technology Co., Ltd. They gained considerable popularity in other markets: it has topped the Google Play and Apple App Store “most downloaded” lists in eight countries outside of China.
Kuaishou’s predecessor, “GIF Kuaishou”, was founded in March 2011. GIF Kuaishou was an app to make and share GIFs. In 2012, Kuaishou transformed into a short video community, and a platform for users to record and share videos depicting their everyday lives.
They have about 200 million active daily users.
You’re surprised that the Amazon App isn’t on the list? I was too when I figured out all the data. That’s because 59% of 16-36 Year-Olds Head to Amazon Before Any Other E-Commerce Website.
Regarding this, Amazon definitely should be on this list. However, Amazon’s App achieve #3 in shopping category.
About the Author
Moritz Bauer is an Expert in E-Commerce, Amazon FBA and SEO – Multiple Website Owner and CEO at smart-minded.com.