During the first half of 2024, the Carrier Service app, which allows users to manage various mobile services, was the most popular app on Android, registering more than 583 million downloads worldwide. WhatsApp Messenger ranked second with approximately 540.5 million downloads. Facebook followed with around 481 million downloads globally during the same examined period.
Leading Android social networking apps worldwide in 1st half 2024, by downloads
(in millions)
Characteristic
Number of downloads in millions
Carrier Services
583.5
WhatsApp Messenger
540.5
Facebook
480.7
Phone by Google
457.8
Instagram
361.4
Messenger
263.9
Snapchat
235.3
Telegram
218.8
Facebook Lite
211
WhatsApp Business
178.9
Created with Highcharts 7.2.2Number of downloads in millions583.5583.5540.5540.5480.7480.7457.8457.8361.4361.4263.9263.9235.3235.3218.8218.8211211178.9178.9Carrier ServicesWhatsApp MessengerFacebookPhone by GoogleInstagramMessengerSnapchatTelegramFacebook LiteWhatsApp Business
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Apptica. (July 30, 2024). Leading Android social networking apps worldwide in 1st half 2024, by downloads (in millions) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved February 22, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1497676/popular-social-networking-apps-android-by-downloads/
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