fb Messenger Is The 2nd Most Downloaded App Of All Time
bet No. 1?
September 2, 2015
understand that when fb pressured you to download its standalone messaging app, Messenger, by using revoking get right of entry to to messages from within its flagship app? turns out that strategy labored swimmingly for the social network: a new document by using app analytics firm App Annie says Messenger is one of the most downloaded iOS apps of all time.
Messenger is 2d only to fb’s flagship app, and is followed through fashionable apps like YouTube, Instagram, WhatsApp, and Google Maps. below are the top 10 most downloaded apps, as per App Annie:
- Messenger
- YouTube
- Skype
- in finding My iPhone
- Google Maps
- iTunes U
In different phrases, facebook-owned apps account for forty% of the list; both Instagram and WhatsApp had been obtained by means of the corporate within the past three years.
facebook lately spruced up Messenger with peer-to-peer funds and a private assistant called M. The intention? To make Messenger a one-stop retailer for all of your communication needs.
the most popular apps on the subject of earnings, then again, are a ways more assorted, and the one overlap between the 2 lists is Skype:
- Pandora
- LINE
- Zoosk
- Pages
- Spotify
- Badoo
- Skype
- MLB.com At Bat
- Grindr
- LINE PLAY
consistent with Quartz, App Annie mentioned that Pages is the only app for which all its revenue came from download fees—Pages does no longer have a free model or the option for in-app purchases. the remainder of the apps are free, so the entire revenue generated came from purchases made throughout the apps.
One thing to note: more recent apps failed to crack either listing. all the apps proven above were created between 2008 to 2012.
related: Former facebook President Sean Parker on why most businesses fail
[via Quartz]
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