Every month, the training institute Sensor Tower, an expert in the analysis of the mobile application market, presents the ranking of the most downloaded applications on smartphones. This ranking is interesting because it highlights the usage differences between iPhone owners and Android users. And contrary to popular belief, the fact that Android represents more than eight out of ten smartphones in the world is not without iOS influencing the ranking. Just the opposite.
The rankings for May 2021 show: The rise of TikTok not finished yet. The social application, which is very popular among young people, ranks first in both the general ranking and iOS. It was already in April 2021. However, unlike last month, TikTok also ranks first in the May 2021 Android rankings, thus leaving Facebook behind. number 2 on facebook Total ranking for all platforms, as in April. On the iPhone, Mark Zuckerberg’s social network is only in sixth place. This YouTube which is in second place.
Facebook places four of its apps in the Top 5
In the third position of the general classification, instagram, is also in third place on iOS and Android. Next comes WhatsApp, which is currently very controversial about these new terms, followed by facebook messenger in fifth place. This means that the Facebook group takes four of the top five positions overall. We understand why Mark Zuckerberg was so keen to combine data from three apps.
In the sixth position, we find Zoom in. The video conferencing app manages to hold its own in the overall standings, ranking seventh on iOS AND Android. lies with error YouTubesystematically pre-installed on all Google-certified smartphones and CapCut, far less popular on Android and ranked fourth on iOS. Capcut ranks eighth overall.
in seventh position Snapchat. The social app is fifth on Android and absent from iOS. Telegram It is the ninth most downloaded in January 2021. And josh, an Indian alternative to TikTok, is ranked tenth. Finally, note the presence of Google and Gmail in the Top 10 iOS (ninth and tenth, respectively). These are apps that, like YouTube, are never downloaded on Android, as they are pre-installed on phones that take advantage of the Play Store.
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