What are the most downloaded apps in the world in 2022?

It is a classic that returns at the beginning of each year. The analysis firm Apptopia has revealed the ranking of the most downloaded applications in the world in 2022. For the third consecutive year, it was TikTok that accumulated the most downloads last year. In total, the social network has been installed on 672 million phones around the world.

A record of unique downloads

To make its calculations, Apptopia only takes unique downloads into account. Therefore, the company will not consider an application installed after a removal. Similarly, installations on multiple devices from the same account are only counted once. Finally, the statements cover the Apple and Google app stores. Except for China, where only downloads on iOS are taken into account.

After TikTok, social media apps mostly occupy the ranking. Instagram and WhatsApp complete the podium, followed by CapCut. This application goes hand in hand with the success of TikTok, since it is a video editor that is especially suitable for the Chinese platform.

Snapchat and Telegram rank fifth and sixth. In seventh position, Subway Surfers is the first ranked mobile game. The second is Stumble Guys (9th). Finally, Spotify closes the top 10 most downloaded applications.

VOD, the entertainment par excellence

The good behavior of Facebook stands out, which occupies the eighth position in the ranking with 298 million downloads. A result that proves the omnipresence of the pioneer of social networks, it landed for the first time on a smartphone in July 2008 on an iPhone.

Apptopia also publishes thematic rankings. They let you know that entertainment is made up entirely of video services, except for TikTok in the first place. Netflix, Disney+ or Prime Video, all the VOD leaders are present. There is also YouTube, with its children’s version YouTube Kids.

Among these applications is HBO Max, whose offers in France are not available and should not see the light. Deprive the French public of programs like the long-awaited series The last of uswhich airs on January 15 in the United States.