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2018's Global Top 10 Android Apps
The top ten Android apps in the world last year had a combined download figure of 3.6 billion. According to Priori Data, at the top of the list was the hugely popular WhatsApp with 747 million. In fact, apps developed by Facebook account for the lion's share of the list, with WhatsApp, Instagram, Messenger/Messenger Lite and Facebook/Facebook Lite notching up a combined 2.5 billion downloads.
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This chart shows the apps with the highest number of downloads from the Play Store in 2018.
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