Mobile application downloads grows year after year. Sensor Tower agency indicates that this growth has increased by 15,3 percent in the last year. In other words: last year, around the same time, 18.900 billion downloads were achieved between the Google Play store and the Apple App Store. This year 2017 the total downloads in this second quarter reached 21.800 million.
Also, if we have to look for a protagonist in these downloads, this is Facebook and all its services. Although the official application of the social network is not ranked number one in the ranking, one of its best purchases of these years does: WhatsApp. But, let's give more details of the delivered report.
Sensor Tower has also reported the growth of both Google Play and the App Store separately. Y Google's service grows faster. To be more specific: the Apple store achieves growth in this second quarter of the year compared to the same quarter in 2016 of 3,2% (6.300 million downloads compared to the current 6.500 million). While Google Play increased 21,4% (from 12.600 billion to 15.300 billion).
On the other hand, WhatsApp is the undisputed king of downloads. And that is why it is the most popular instant messaging system in the world (1.000 billion active users per day), although in some countries like China trying to block. Although other Facebook services are not far behind. For example, the official app, Messenger or Instagram are also at the top of the ranking.
Likewise, the study also reveals what is the download trend of Android and iOS users. Perhaps, what stands out the most in Google's system is that users tend to download more games than its variant on iOS. In the latter, only one of the games is in the ranking (Honor of Kings).
We also want to point out that applications like Netflix, HBO or similar services are not among the most downloaded applications. What's more, Netflix - perhaps the most popular - is the only one that fits into the bag. And by iOS users