In 2021, tool apps saw a global increase in downloads from the Google Play Store of almost 50 percent compared to the previous year. Finance apps also experienced an increase in yearly downloads, with users worldwide amassing more than four billion downloads of finance apps, up by 33 percent compared to 2020. In 2021, photo and video apps saw approximately six percent fewer downloads compared to the previous year.
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Data.ai. (February 22, 2022). Year-over-year download growth in leading app categories in the Google Play Store worldwide 2021 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved July 23, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1294773/top-app-categories-android-download-yoy-growth/
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Data.ai. (2022). Year-over-year download growth in leading app categories in the Google Play Store worldwide 2021. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: July 23, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1294773/top-app-categories-android-download-yoy-growth/
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