Most popular app categories worldwide 2021, by downloads

Published by Laura Ceci, Apr 3, 2023
In 2021, gaming apps generated more than 55.5 billion downloads from users worldwide. Tool apps were the second-most popular app category with 12.13 billion global downloads. Social media apps ranked third, amassing almost 10 billion downloads across iOS and the Google Play Store in the examined year. In 2021, users worldwide downloaded approximately 230 billion apps to their mobile devices.

Leading app categories worldwide in 2021, by downloads (in billions)

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Release date

February 2022

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Worldwide

Survey time period

2021

Special properties

iOS and Google Play

Supplementary notes

According to the source: "does not include third-party Android stores in China."

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Reach and usage

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Messaging and social media

6

TikTok

6

Mobile gaming

6

Other apps

7

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