Between October 2020 and March 2021, social media apps represented the app categories with the highest daily engagement in terms of time spent by users in Latin American countries. Users in Latin America spent approximately 53.98 minutes on social apps, while entertainment apps ranked second with 16.54 minutes spent on average per day. Gaming apps saw users in the continent spending 15.71 minutes per day playing on their smartphones and mobile devices during the examined period.
Average daily time spent by users in Latin America on mobile apps from October 2020 to March 2021, by category (in minutes)
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adjoe GmbH. (October 29, 2021). Average daily time spent by users in Latin America on mobile apps from October 2020 to March 2021, by category (in minutes) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved June 16, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1272867/latam-mobile-apps-time-spent-daily/
adjoe GmbH. "Average daily time spent by users in Latin America on mobile apps from October 2020 to March 2021, by category (in minutes)." Chart. October 29, 2021. Statista. Accessed June 16, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1272867/latam-mobile-apps-time-spent-daily/
adjoe GmbH. (2021). Average daily time spent by users in Latin America on mobile apps from October 2020 to March 2021, by category (in minutes). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: June 16, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1272867/latam-mobile-apps-time-spent-daily/
adjoe GmbH. "Average Daily Time Spent by Users in Latin America on Mobile Apps from October 2020 to March 2021, by Category (in Minutes)." Statista, Statista Inc., 29 Oct 2021, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1272867/latam-mobile-apps-time-spent-daily/
adjoe GmbH, Average daily time spent by users in Latin America on mobile apps from October 2020 to March 2021, by category (in minutes) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1272867/latam-mobile-apps-time-spent-daily/ (last visited June 16, 2024)
Average daily time spent by users in Latin America on mobile apps from October 2020 to March 2021, by category (in minutes) [Graph], adjoe GmbH, October 29, 2021. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1272867/latam-mobile-apps-time-spent-daily/