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O most used app on your phone should probably be from a social network.
After all, the main function of phones is to contribute to our communication with other people. And this is reflected on a large scale.
According to a study released by Sensor Tower, the list of most downloaded and used applications in Brazil and around the world places social media apps at the top, considering the first half of this year.
That is, from the month of January to the month of June.
In this list, who leads the top of most used app is TikTok, which currently has more than 1 billion downloads on the Play Store alone.
The research also revealed that comparing the same semester, from last year to this year, there was an increase of 24% in spending on apps. This represents approximately R$65 billion dollars.
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It is important to clarify that, at the beginning of the year, the most used app it was Telegram. In January, he presented the number of 63 million installations.
This increase that made it a most used app it was because of the new privacy policies that WhatsApp implemented at the time.
However, to date, WhatsApp has never left the top 5 most downloaded apps.
And as soon as the changes were better explained, Telegram dropped in number of downloads to 9th position, while WhatsApp managed to maintain a good position on the list.
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So, just as happened last year, TikTok remained firmly in the top 5.
It took 2nd place in most used app in January and, in the other months, managed to occupy the 1st place.
It is important to understand that the report does not consider applications pre-installed on phones that use the Google system, and it also did not count games in the same count sample, as it kept them separate.
In this way, TikTok took first place. This app aims to be a social network for sharing short videos, up to 60 seconds long.
It is available for free download in app stores, and offers several video editing tools.
Facebook has been in people's daily lives for more than 15 years, with more than 2 billion active users.
On this social network, you can add friends and pages, join groups and post texts, links, photos and videos. In addition, of course, to the individual or group chat system.
Both Instagram and WhatsApp are currently owned by Facebook. In this way, the company leads the main placements of most used app from this list.
Second only to the Chinese company ByteDance in first place, with the video app TikTok.
Initially, Instagram was launched in 2010, and its creators are Kevin Systrom and Brazilian Mike Krieger.
In just a few months, this social network focused on sharing photos became one of the most promising apps on the App Store. Today, it has more than 1 billion downloads.
It's difficult to find someone who doesn't use WhatsApp as their main social messaging network.
Currently, even companies can have the application professionally. After all, its package of functions is complete, with sending messages, calls and documents, among others.
The apps that occupy the top positions are not exactly a surprise, as they have been on the market for a few years and their success was already predictable.
However, the next positions show other applications that managed to stand out.
In this way, the most used app in 5th place was Messenger, followed by Zoom in 6th place, in 7th place Snapchat, in 8th place Capcut, in 9th place Telegram and finally, Josh in 10th place.
Without a doubt, it is noticeable that apps that involve creating or editing videos are the most sought after.
In this same research, it was also possible to identify the most downloaded mobile games in 2021.
They formed the following order: Hair Challenge, Bridge Race, Paper Fold, Ludo King, Garena Free Fire, Subway Surfers, Candy Crush Saga, High Heels, Going Balls and in 10th, Makeover Run.
After knowing a little about this list of applications, you may be interested in one and want to download it to your cell phone.
To help you with this task, we have put together a very simple tutorial below:
It's likely that after seeing this list, you'll notice that several of these apps are already installed on your phone.
Therefore, the research revealed that applications had a large increase in the number of downloads this year.
Many of these numbers are due to social isolation during the pandemic.
Because of this, both entertainment and communication apps and delivery services were increasingly sought after by people.
Interestingly, TikTok, most used app from the list, it is also responsible for generating income, with the monetization of its videos.
