Leading app categories in Canada Q3 2020, by reach

Published by Statista Research Department, Mar 15, 2022
Chat applications such as mobile messengers reached about 84.7 percent of the Canadian online population during the third quarter of 2020. In comparison, only nine percent of internet users in Canada reported to using online dating apps.

Most popular app categories in Canada during 3rd quarter 2020, by reach

CharacteristicShare of respondents
Social networking 88%
Chat / messengers 84.7%
Entertainment and video 71.8%
Maps 69.7%
Shopping 60.1%
Banking and financial services 51%
Music 48%
Gaming 46.2%
Health, fitness and nutrition 30.2%
Dating and friendship 9%
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February 2021

Region

Canada

Survey time period

Q3 2020

Age group

16 to 64 years

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internet users

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