Google Play: most popular app categories by downloads 2020 | Statista

The statistic shows the most popular app categories in the Google Play store ranked by number of downloads. In the second quarter of 2020, entertainment apps were the third-most popular category with 1.21 billion downloads during the measured period. Gaming apps were ranked first with 10.35 billion app downloads.

Most popular Google Play app store categories from 1st quarter 2016 to 1st quarter 2020, by number of downloads (in millions)

Characteristic	Game	Tools	Entertainment	Social	Communication	Photography	Video players
Q1 '16	5,530	1,110	621	-	741	729	-
Q2 '16	5,280	1,160	613	-	786	731	-
Q3 '16	6,060	1,210	684	-	831	788	-
Q4 '16	6,250	1,300	874	-	931	830	-
Q1 '17	6,910	1,250	974	-	1,040	888	-
Q2 '17	6,760	1,300	967	-	958	849	-
Q3 '17	7,040	1,220	1,010	-	1,010	892	-
Q4 '17	7,030	1,290	1,010	698	1,020	883	-
Q1 '18	7,150	1,240	1,080	686	910	-	-
Q2 '18	7,840	1,300	1,150	749	936	858	-
Q3 '18	7,180	1,450	1,370	939	1,100	951	-
Q4 '18	7,230	1,470	1,410	1,060	1,120	-	-
Q1 '19	7,460	1,470	1,470	1,050	1,060	-	-
Q2 '19	8,180	1,450	1,370	1,040	1,010	-	711
Q3 '19	8,690	1,490	1,200	1,000	972	-	-
Q4 '19	8,590	1,370	998	1,080	1,080	-	-
Q1 '20	10,350	1,550	1,210	1,150	1,070	-	-

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April 2020

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Worldwide

Survey time period

Q1 2016 to Q1 2020

Special properties

excluding pre-installed Google apps; excluding third-party stores; unique installs only

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Data not available for missing quarters.

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