A survey of online users in the United States revealed that 49 percent of respondents felt that social media and messaging apps were among the three types of apps that they spent the most time on. During the third quarter 2019 survey, 26 percent of respondents stated the same about gaming apps.
App categories that mobile users in the United States spend the most time on as of 3rd quarter 2019
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Statistics on Mobile app usage
Overview
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- Basic Statistic Annual number of global mobile app downloads 2016-2022
- Premium Statistic Mobile app downloads worldwide 2017-2025, by segment
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Market metrics
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- Premium Statistic Global mobile app consumer spending 2016-2022
- Basic Statistic Quarterly consumer spend on mobile apps per user 2019-2022
- Premium Statistic Mobile apps consumer spend Q4 2022
- Premium Statistic Global apps and mobile games app store revenues 2021
- Basic Statistic Leading iPhone apps worldwide 2022, by revenue
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App usage and engagement
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- Basic Statistic Share of app user engagement worldwide 2020-2021, by category
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Social media apps
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- Basic Statistic Global users daily time on social media apps 2020-2021, by age group
- Premium Statistic Leading iPhone social media apps worldwide 2022, by downloads
- Premium Statistic Leading Android social media apps worldwide 2022, by downloads
- Premium Statistic Most downloaded social media apps worldwide 2022
- Premium Statistic Social media apps daily open rate among global active users Q2 2022
- Basic Statistic Daily social media apps global engagement Q2 2022
Mobile messaging and communication
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- Premium Statistic Most popular messenger apps worldwide 2022, by downloads
- Premium Statistic Global market share of selected mobile messaging apps 2019-2022
- Premium Statistic Mobile messaging usage reach 2021, by country
- Basic Statistic Global third-party mobile app usage to make voice calls 2021
- Premium Statistic Preferred business communication methods for global smartphone users 2020-2021
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OTT and social video
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- Premium Statistic Leading video apps worldwide 2021, by downloads
- Basic Statistic Most downloaded global video streaming apps Q1-Q3 2021
- Premium Statistic Installs of selected video streaming apps in the U.S. 2021
- Basic Statistic Global consumer spending on entertainment apps 2021, by category
- Premium Statistic YouTube average visit length worldwide 2021, by device
- Basic Statistic TikTok: number of global users 2020-2025
- Premium Statistic Average weekly time spent on TikTok worldwide 2021
Mobile gaming
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- Basic Statistic Number of mobile gamers worldwide 2021, by region
- Basic Statistic Global mobile gaming app revenue 2019-2022
- Premium Statistic Leading mobile game genres spending worldwide 2022
- Premium Statistic Leading mobile game subgenres spending worldwide 2020-2021
- Premium Statistic Mobile games with highest IAP revenue worldwide 2022
Spotlight: AR apps and the mobile metaverse
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- Premium Statistic Mobile AR active users worldwide 2021, by platform
- Basic Statistic U.S. mobile augmented reality game interest 2022
- Premium Statistic Social network augmented reality users U.S. 2018-2022
- Premium Statistic Global downloads of mobile apps with virtual worlds and avatars 2020-2021
- Basic Statistic Number of apps with "metaverse" in their name 2022
- Basic Statistic Apps mentioning selected keywords along with "metaverse" 2022
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- Share of people watching entertaining shows in China 2015, by access channel
- Central & South America: size of mobile plans 2014-2017, by product
- Canadians who could not live without their mobile phone 2020-2021
- Growth in U.S. financial service browser and app usage 2013, by device
- News consumption among mobile users in the U.S. 2014, by device
- Global average number of monthly mobile minutes per visitor 2017
- Mobile reading behavior: content completion in the United Kingdom (UK) 2014
- Mobile phone usage share in Mexico 2000-2020, by connection type
- Share of mobile-only population in leading digital markets 2017
- Mobile audience of selected news brands in the UK 2016
- Use of mobile websites or apps for travel functions in the U.S. 2013
- Mexico: advantages of having a mobile phone 2019
- Reasons not to read books on mobile phone in the United Kingdom (UK) 2014
- Monthly number of MMS sent per mobile subscription in Sweden 2010-2020
- Reading books or magazines on mobile phone in the United Kingdom (UK) 2014
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AudienceProject. (October 3, 2019). App categories that mobile users in the United States spend the most time on as of 3rd quarter 2019 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved March 27, 2023, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/248343/distribution-of-time-spent-ios-and-android-apps-by-category/
AudienceProject. "App categories that mobile users in the United States spend the most time on as of 3rd quarter 2019." Chart. October 3, 2019. Statista. Accessed March 27, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/248343/distribution-of-time-spent-ios-and-android-apps-by-category/
AudienceProject. (2019). App categories that mobile users in the United States spend the most time on as of 3rd quarter 2019. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: March 27, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/248343/distribution-of-time-spent-ios-and-android-apps-by-category/
AudienceProject. "App Categories That Mobile Users in The United States Spend The Most Time on as of 3rd Quarter 2019." Statista, Statista Inc., 3 Oct 2019, https://www.statista.com/statistics/248343/distribution-of-time-spent-ios-and-android-apps-by-category/
AudienceProject, App categories that mobile users in the United States spend the most time on as of 3rd quarter 2019 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/248343/distribution-of-time-spent-ios-and-android-apps-by-category/ (last visited March 27, 2023)
App categories that mobile users in the United States spend the most time on as of 3rd quarter 2019 [Graph], AudienceProject, October 3, 2019. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/248343/distribution-of-time-spent-ios-and-android-apps-by-category/