In this post, We are going to show the top 10 most downloaded mobile applications on Play Store. This research post is based from 2008 to 1st May 2021. This top 10 list of most downloaded mobile applications includes all type of applications such as social media, entertainment, tools, messenger apps, games and others. We have shown each app with details.
Note: In this list, we have included all type of applications except the Google applications because most Google apps are pre-installed in android devices. We have created this list based on users downloaded. If we see the most download applications on play store then those applications are,
Google Play Services
YouTube
Google Maps
Google Search
Gmail
Chrome
Play Music
Google Drive
Google Photos
Android Accessibility Suite (Google App)
These Google apps are more than 10 billions downloaded so we are not going to include google applications in this list. This top 10 list is only based on user downloaded.
TOP 10 MOST DOWNLOADED MOBILE APPS
1. FACEBOOK
RELEASED DATE
February 2004
FOUNDER
Mark Zuckerberg, Eduardo Saverin, Dustin Moskovitz, Andrew McCollum, Chris Hughes
CEO
Mark Zuckerberg
HEADQUARTER
Menlo Park, California, United States
APP SIZE
Depend on device
AGE RATING
13+
CATEGORY
Social
TOTAL REVIEWS
115,796,978
REVIEW STARS
3.5 Stars
TOTAL DOWNLOADED
5,000,000,000+
Do you know? “The Social Network” movie is made on the Facebook.
2. WHATSAPP MESSENGER
RELEASED DATE
January 2009
FOUNDER
Brian Acton, Jan Koum
DEVELOPER
Facebook Inc.
HEADQUARTER
Menlo Park, California, United States
APP SIZE
Depend on device
AGE RATING
Everyone
CATEGORY
Communication
TOTAL REVIEWS
136,426,320
REVIEW STARS
4.1 Stars
TOTAL DOWNLOADED
5,000,000,000+
Do you know? Facebook acquired WhatsApp for $19 Billion.
3. FACEBOOK MESSENGER
RELEASED DATE
9 August 2011
FOUNDER
Mark Zuckerberg
DEVELOPER
Facebook Inc.
HEADQUARTER
Menlo Park, California, United States
APP SIZE
Depend on device
AGE RATING
Everyone
CATEGORY
Communication
TOTAL REVIEWS
78,170,563
REVIEW STARS
4.1 Stars
TOTAL DOWNLOADED
5,000,000,000+
Do you know? Facebook Messenger is the second most popular iOS app of all time.
4. TIKTOK
RELEASED DATE
September 2016
FOUNDER
Zhang Yiming
DEVELOPER
Bytedance
HEADQUARTER
Culver City, California, US
APP SIZE
92 MB
AGE RATING
13+
CATEGORY
Social, Video Sharing
TOTAL REVIEWS
35,187,768
REVIEW STARS
4.4 Stars
TOTAL DOWNLOADED
1,000,000,000+
Do you know? TikTok was the most downloaded application globally in 2020.
5. INSTAGRAM
RELEASED DATE
6 October, 2010
FOUNDER
Kevin Systrom, Mike Krieger
DEVELOPER
Facebook Inc
HEADQUARTER
Menlo Park, CA 94025 United States
APP SIZE
Depend on device
AGE RATING
13+
CATEGORY
Social
TOTAL REVIEWS
119,161,319
REVIEW STARS
3.8 Stars
TOTAL DOWNLOADED
1,000,000,000+
Do you know? 1020 Photos are uploaded to Instagram every second.
6. SNAPCHAT
RELEASED DATE
11 July, 2011
FOUNDER
Evan Spiegel; Bobby Murphy; Reggie Brown
DEVELOPER
Snap Inc.
HEADQUARTER
Santa Monica, California, United States
APP SIZE
71 MB
AGE RATING
13+
CATEGORY
Social
TOTAL REVIEWS
26,086,709
REVIEW STARS
4.3 Stars
TOTAL DOWNLOADED
1,000,000,000+
Do you know? 61% of Snapchat users are female.
7. SHAREIT
RELEASED DATE
2015
FOUNDER
Smart Media4U Technology Pte.Ltd.
DEVELOPER
Smart Media4U Technology Pte.Ltd.
HEADQUARTER
Singapore
APP SIZE
61 MB
AGE RATING
Everyone
CATEGORY
Tools
TOTAL REVIEWS
15,921,807
REVIEW STARS
4.2 Stars
TOTAL DOWNLOADED
1,000,000,000+
Do you know? ShareIt is 200 times faster than Bluethooth.
8. NETFLIX
RELEASED DATE
–
FOUNDER
Reed Hastings, Marc Randolph
DEVELOPER
Netflix, Inc.
HEADQUARTER
Los Gatos, California, United States
APP SIZE
Depend on devices
AGE RATING
13+
CATEGORY
Entertainment
TOTAL REVIEWS
11,577,628
REVIEW STARS
4.4 Stars
TOTAL DOWNLOADED
1,000,000,000+
Do you know? Netflix was called Kibble before launch.
