In 2021, TikTok was the most downloaded mobile app worldwide. The short-video sharing app generated 656 million downloads during the examined year. The mobile apps of social media and communication platform Instagram, Facebook, and WhatsApp, followed with 545 million, 416 million, and 395 million downloads, respectively. The cloud-based instant messaging service Telegram had 329 million downloads from global users in 2021.
Leading mobile apps worldwide in 2021, by downloads
(in millions)
According to the source: "All data is iOS + Google Play combined, except for data from China which is iOS only. If an app has a "lite" version, that data is included in
the respective app's data".
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Apptopia. (December 27, 2021). Leading mobile apps worldwide in 2021, by downloads (in millions) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved June 28, 2022, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1285960/top-downloaded-mobile-apps-worldwide/
Apptopia. "Leading mobile apps worldwide in 2021, by downloads (in millions)." Chart. December 27, 2021. Statista. Accessed June 28, 2022. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1285960/top-downloaded-mobile-apps-worldwide/
Apptopia. (2021). Leading mobile apps worldwide in 2021, by downloads (in millions). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: June 28, 2022. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1285960/top-downloaded-mobile-apps-worldwide/
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