Mobile applications are everywhere. They’re quite popular on both Android and iOS-powered devices, including smartphones and tablets. They provide a convenient way to reach out to others through social media, as well as engage in video and audio services with a few touches of the swipe screen. But which ones are the most popular in the United States
Statista has provided a top ten list of the most popular apps, and, to no surprise, Facebook and Google are certainly amongst the power players.
As you can see from the chart below, Facebook easily leads the charge, with approximately 72.6 percent of mobile users engaging with the site. That’s quite a percentage, considering there are millions and millions of devices available, both in smartphone and tablet form.
YouTube is a bit distant in second place, but still has more than 50 percent users on board with its services. Google Play, which serves as a key outlet to download popular games and apps, is in third with 45.6 percent.
From there, it’s a bit of a horse race amongst most of the other companies. Google Search has a comfy fourth place spot with 44.4 percent; Pandora Radio’s services reach out to 43.7 percent of users in fifth place; Facebook Messenger actually has a decent popularity rate (despite being what some users call a needless separation from the main site) with 41.6 percent in sixth; Google Maps’ seventh place slot with 40.6 percent is well over Apple Maps’ 27.7 tenth place position; Gmail continues to attract users in eighth place with 37.6 percent; and Instagram has a solid following in ninth place with 29.3 percent.
With prominent places on this list, Google and Facebook have had no problem cleaning up the cash amongst mobile users and advertisers alike, and it doesn’t appear that their presence in the top ten list will go away anytime soon, if at all. In fact, the only two companies that don’t have association with those two are Pandora Radio and Apple Maps.
