Jan 05, 2022 07:00:00

'2021 smartphone app DL number ranking' is announced, Amazon has fallen to the top of the category and other ups and downs

Apptopia, a mobile marketing company, has announced the '2021 App Download Ranking'. Many categories have the same number one position from the previous year, but there are some ups and downs such as Amazon falling from number one to number four in the shopping app ranking.

Worldwide and US Download Leaders 2021

https://blog.apptopia.com/worldwide-and-us-download-leaders-2021

The app download number ranking newly announced by Apptopia is a ranking that combines the number of downloads in the App Store, which is the official iOS app store, and Google Play, which is the official app store for Android. Results are aggregated from all over the world, but China is exceptionally the result only for the App Store. In addition, for apps that have a lightweight version that operates in addition to the normal version, the count is performed by adding the number of downloads of the lightweight version that operates to the normal version.

The 'comprehensive ranking' of the 2021 mobile app announced by Apptopia is as follows. The number one download was TikTok, a short movie sharing app provided by ByteDance in China, which has been downloaded about 656 million times. 2nd place is Instagram, 3rd place is Facebook, 4th place is WhatsApp, 5th place is Telegram, 6th place is Snapchat, 7th place is Zoom, 8th place is Messenger, and there are 3 types of movie sharing application, SNS application, message application. It occupies the top.

The game app ranking is below.

In 2020, the alien wolf game 'Among Us', which was in 1st place, fell to 5th place, and the track sprinting action 'Subway Surfers', which was in 2nd place, is shining in 1st place. In addition, the second place in 2021 is the game creation platform 'Roblox', and the third place is the action race game 'Bridge Race' that bridges the bridge.

Netflix leads YouTube in the entertainment app rankings by a small margin. Android's official game service 'Google Play Games' is attached to the 3rd place, and Disney +, Amazon Prime Video, YouTube Kids, HBO Max, Twitch, Hotstar, Pluto TV and all video distribution services are attached after the 4th place.

In the shopping app ranking, there was a turbulence that Amazon fell from the top to the 4th place. Shopee in Singapore is in first place, SHEIN in China is in second place, and Meesho in Denmark is in third place.

In the food app ranking, the 1st and 2nd places have been swapped with 2020, with McDonald's 1st and Uber Eats 2nd.

In the cryptocurrency app ranking, Binance in China is ranked first, Crypto.com in Singapore is ranked second, and Coinbase in the United States is ranked third. The total number of downloads of virtual currency applications was about 18 million times in 2020, but it was about 145 million times in 2021, and the category itself is showing a big growth.

The music app is in a state of running alone, with Spotify in 1st place giving a triple score in 2nd place. Second place Resso was out of the rankings in 2020, but has made great strides over the past year.

The date app has changed from 1st place Tinder, 2nd place Badoo, 3rd place Bumble, 4th place Tantan and 3rd place and 4th place from 2020, but the top ranks have not changed. The total number of downloads has been declining since 2020.