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Other most ed apps of the decade include Snapchat, Skype, TikTok, UC Browser, YouTube, and Twitter. 2cl4d

By Indo-Asian News Service | Updated: 18 December 2019 13:42 IST

Facebook Owns Top Four of the Most ed Apps of the Decade

Most ed apps included Snapchat (fifth), Skype (sixth), TikTok (seventh) 6t374g

Highlights

Communication and social media apps are consumer favourites: App Annie
Facebook, Messenger, WhatsApp, Instagram grabbed the top four spots
"Tinder was the most successful dating app of the decade"

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Despite courting controversies for couple of years like data privacy scandals and anti-market practices, Facebook and its family of apps have dominated as most ed apps of the decade -- with main app Facebook, Messenger, WhatsApp, and Instagram grabbing the top four spots in the top 10 apps of the decade list. According to data analytics platform App Annie, Facebook has dominated the mobile space representing the four most ed apps of the decade (the 2010-2019 period).

"Communication and social media apps are consumer favourites, ing for 7 of the top 10 apps by s this decade," said App Annie.

Other most ed apps of this decade were Snapchat (fifth), Skype (sixth), TikTok (seventh), UC Browser (eighth), YouTube (ninth) and Twitter (10th) on the list.

In of top 10 apps by all-time consumer spend, video streaming platform Netflix topped the chart, followed by Tinder and Pandora Music.

"Tinder was the most successful dating app of the decade in of consumer spend, coming in second place in the overall ranking behind Netflix," said the report.

Others in the top 10 apps in the consumer spend list were Spotify and HBO Now, among others.

Subway Surfers was the most ed app game of the decade, driven by its strong adoption in India which ed for over 15 percent of its all-time s (iOS & Google Play combined).

Games like Clash of Clans, Monster Strike, Candy Crush Saga were the top 3 apps by all-time consumer spend.

"Clash of Clans and Candy Crush Saga stand out as the only two apps to appear on both the top apps by s and consumer spend lists. Monster Strike, Puzzle & Dragons and Fate/Grand Order rounded out the top 5 apps by consumer spend for the decade," said App Annie.

With a 5 percent increase in s, and 15 percent growth in consumer spend (excluding third-party Android) year-over-year in 2019, this trend is set to continue in 2020.

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