What were the most downloaded apps in the first part of 2022?

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We already have the data for the number of total downloads made on the Google Play Store during the first quarter of 2022, courtesy of SensorTower . The latest report indicates that in this first part of the year the number of downloads in the Google app store increased compared to the data for the same period last year.

In total, 28.3 billion downloads were recorded on the Google Play Store in the first quarter of 2022 (last year it was 28 billion dry). What was the most downloaded app of all? To no one’s surprise: TikTok, the fastest growing social network in history. You can see the rest of the top most downloaded apps below.

The 20 most downloaded apps on Google Play and the App Store (2022 – Q1)

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This first graph you see here shows the most downloaded apps around the world after collecting data from both Google Play and the App Store. It should be noted that the Apple store only contributed 8.6 billion downloads to these statistics . Still, this is enough to catapult TikTok to the top of the charts with more than 175 million downloads, followed by Instagram and Facebook, which exceed 150 million downloads.

By the way, during this first quarter of the year, TikTok passed 3.5 billion downloads in its entire history . It is also important to highlight that three of the five most downloaded applications in Q1 2022 are from Meta. And Telegram is in the top 5! Now, if we analyze the graph of downloads made only in the Google Play Store, things change a bit.

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As you can see, in the Google store the most downloaded apps were Instagram and Facebook, both with more than 120 million downloads . TikTok fell short of this figure, but far exceeded 100 million downloads to rank third. However, if we filter the data to only look at US downloads, TikTok was the most downloaded app on Google Play.

The most curious thing about this data is that there is no Google app in the first places for the first time since 2020 .

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On the other hand, it should be noted that games continue to be the category with the most downloads. During the first quarter of 2022, game downloads on Google Play grew by 2.1% to reach 12.03 billion downloads. What were the most downloaded games? Garena Free Fire, Subway Surfers and Merge Master (in that order).

Tell us… what data impressed you the most?