Living in the social media age, an essential indicator for understanding what’s going on around the world is what apps are being installed. According to Apptopia, 2022 was the year with the most downloaded applications in the globe.
It is crucial to note, however, that having the most installs does not imply having the greatest income. Some of the highest-earning games, such as Clash of Clans, do not rank in the top ten in terms of downloads but are constantly top earners.
Top 10 most-downloaded apps globally:
| TikTok | 672 000,000 |
| 548 000,000 | |
| 424 000,000 | |
| CapCut | 357 000,000 |
| Snapchat | 330 000,000 |
| Telegram | 315 000,000 |
| Subway Surfers | 304 000,000 |
| 298 000,000 | |
| Fall Guys | 254 000,000 |
| Spotify | 238 000,000 |
What we’re seeing is proof of major shifts in the device ecosystem, where consumers spend their time on their mobile devices, in comparison to previous years.
Significant change was also seen in E-commerce.
Top 10 most popular shopping apps worldwide:
| SHEIN | 229 000,000 |
| Meesho | 220 000,000 |
| Shopee | 323 000,000 |
| Amazon.com | 195 000,000 |
| Shopsy | 135 000,000 |
| Flipkart | 112 000,000 |
| Pinduoduo | 79 000,000 |
| Alibaba | 66 000,000 |
| Lazado | 64 000,000 |
| Mercado Libre | 58 000,000 |
SHEIN, with 229,000,000 installs globally, was the most downloaded shopping app. Pinduoduo was a new Chinese company that made it to the top eight despite only being available for less than half of a year.
The 10 top-rated games in terms of downloads worldwide
| Subway Surfers | 304 000,000 |
| Fall Guys | 254 000,000 |
| Roblox | 208 000,000 |
| Candy Crush Saga | 138 000,000 |
| Race Master 3D | 128 000,000 |
| 8 Ball Pool | 120 000,000 |
| FIFA Mobile | 112 000,000 |
| Merge & Flight | 110 000,000 |
| Garena Fire Free | 109 000,000 |
| Bridge Race | 107 000,000 |
There are games aplenty on Google Play and the App Store. Surprisingly, the top 10 top games indicate that a substantial number of these top games are rather old (Candy Crush Saga and Subway Surfers have been around for nearly ten years), which is an unexpected finding for mobile apps.
Apptopia’s data comes from installs of iOS App Store and Google Play, but it does not take into account Android installations in China. Apptopia for “over the 9 years, have ethically sourced data without relying on panel data. ”This data comes from combining the analytics from over 125 000 apps with their advanced models to provide their reliable estimated data on more than 7 million apps.
