As of February 2022, the predominant color used in app icons across all examined categories was white, with icons of the leading shopping apps using white for almost 43 percent of their design. Each of the analyzed categories appeared to have a predominant color: black was the most popular color for gaming apps' icons, red was the most used color for food and drink apps' icons, and finance apps appeared to prefer dark blue for their icons.
Leading colors used in the icons of highest-ranking mobile apps in the Google Play Store worldwide as of February 2022, by category
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App position refers to the location of a specific app in the ranking of the Google Play Store results page, after a prompted research for apps in six specific categories: finance, food and drink, games, health and fitness, social networking, and shopping.
According to the source, data concerns the 10 highest-ranking apps within their category.
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Semrush. (February 25, 2022). Leading colors used in the icons of highest-ranking mobile apps in the Google Play Store worldwide as of February 2022, by category [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved February 23, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1296566/icons-colors-top-android-apps-by-category/
Semrush. "Leading colors used in the icons of highest-ranking mobile apps in the Google Play Store worldwide as of February 2022, by category." Chart. February 25, 2022. Statista. Accessed February 23, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1296566/icons-colors-top-android-apps-by-category/
Semrush. (2022). Leading colors used in the icons of highest-ranking mobile apps in the Google Play Store worldwide as of February 2022, by category. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: February 23, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1296566/icons-colors-top-android-apps-by-category/
Semrush. "Leading Colors Used in The Icons of Highest-ranking Mobile Apps in The Google Play Store Worldwide as of February 2022, by Category." Statista, Statista Inc., 25 Feb 2022, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1296566/icons-colors-top-android-apps-by-category/
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