What type of apps are most popular?

WhatsApp was Facebook’s most-downloaded app in 2020 at 600 million installs, followed by the original Facebook app itself with 540 million installs, Instagram with 503 million, and Messenger with 404 million.

Social media apps are some of the most popular types of mobile apps available. We build our social networks, and most of us check in with them every day. Facebook alone reports over 1 billion active daily users.

Here are the top 10 globally most-download apps of 2021: