In 2023, Indian mobile users spent the most time on social media apps with the communication sub-genre accounting for 234 billion hours. This was followed by the video sharing sub-category of the entertainment genre. Some of the leading apps in India in terms of time spent that year were WhatsApp, YouTube, Facebook, and Instagram.
Leading mobile app categories in India in 2023, by time spent
(in billion hours)
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Data.ai. (January 10, 2024). Leading mobile app categories in India in 2023, by time spent (in billion hours) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 30, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1406844/india-popular-app-categories-by-time-spent/
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Data.ai. (2024). Leading mobile app categories in India in 2023, by time spent (in billion hours). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 30, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1406844/india-popular-app-categories-by-time-spent/
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