Between June and August, 2024, global consumers downloaded around 4.1 billion arcade and action gaming apps, while brain and puzzle mobile gaming apps were downloaded over 3.64 billion by global smartphone users. Tool apps were the third most-downloaded app category in the examined period, with approximately 3.5 billion downloads. Social media and social networking apps followed, with over 2.5 billion downloads.
Leading mobile app categories from June to August 2024, by downloads
(in millions)
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Data.ai, & DataReportal, & Meltwater, & Kepios. (October 23, 2024). Leading mobile app categories from June to August 2024, by downloads (in millions) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved February 08, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1552849/downloads-apps-worldwide-by-category/?__sso_cookie_checker=failed
Data.ai, und DataReportal, und Meltwater, und Kepios. "Leading mobile app categories from June to August 2024, by downloads (in millions)." Chart. October 23, 2024. Statista. Accessed February 08, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1552849/downloads-apps-worldwide-by-category/?__sso_cookie_checker=failed
Data.ai, DataReportal, Meltwater, Kepios. (2024). Leading mobile app categories from June to August 2024, by downloads (in millions). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: February 08, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1552849/downloads-apps-worldwide-by-category/?__sso_cookie_checker=failed
Data.ai, and DataReportal, and Meltwater, and Kepios. "Leading Mobile App Categories from June to August 2024, by Downloads (in Millions)." Statista, Statista Inc., 23 Oct 2024, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1552849/downloads-apps-worldwide-by-category/?__sso_cookie_checker=failed
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