There are many applications with millions of users around the world, The internet has made all of this possible. But which application has the most users in the world? What is the second? And the third? Well don't worry, I'm about to show you the top 5 of the most used apps in the world, with data of interest included.
The Internet has come to change everything, there is no turning back, humanity and planet Earth will never be the same again. Technological news could make humanity 150 years ago think that we are actually aliens. But hey, let's stay on topic. The internet has brought very felt changes to society, so much so that currently around 5 billion people have access to the internet. Let's see which are the applications that catch more human beings in the whole world.
Useful fact: The world population is just over 8 billion. Keep that in mind to know what portion of the planet uses each app.
The Meta application is the absolute leader of this list, with 2 million users. The social network founded by Zuckerberg, which covers almost 40% of the population, is so successful.
Facebook is a social network where people interact with each other. Everyone (or almost everyone we know) is on Facebook, it's an important part of many people's lives and some spend too many hours a day on this site that can be addictive.
It was launched in 2004, and in its beginnings it was called "The Facebook", although it was renamed shortly after. The app has 5 billion downloads in the Play Store alone, something really incredible. It was not the first social network, but it was the first to achieve such massive success.
YouTube
Among the most used apps in the world is YouTube, the most important video platform. This application is the furthest on this list from being considered a social network. It has more than 2 million users around the world., and increasing, despite the fierce competition that exists. YouTube has over 10 billion downloads, just on the Play Store.
The importance of YouTube goes beyond a few simple numbers. From the emergence of this platform emerged new forms of entertainment, appeared the youtubers, who were and still are influential about a lot of us.
With the y, their communities appeared, each one different from the other. You may have spent a certain part of your life chatting with a community a youtuber that you would like it a lot. It is also possible that these experiences have changed you in some way. And it is definitely very possible that you communicated with these communities through another of the apps on the list.
Another application owned by Meta, this one with over 2 billion users Worldwide. There is some disagreement about whether this app is a social network or not. This is because it does not make it so easy to meet new people, and that does not allow typical growth of communities.
In 2009, what is today the most used messaging app in the world, WhatsApp, was launched. 5 years later, having reached half a million users, the company was acquired by Facebook (the parent company, today Meta).
To this day, WhatsApp has paid off and has had a perfect partnership with Facebook and Instagram. Its main function has been to collect user data to optimize the marketing campaigns of other companies. If you want to know more about it: I recommend this other article.
The app has more than 5 billion downloads (Only in the Play Store). In the future, the plans for this messaging app consist of turning it into a payment portal, in the style of WeChat.
This is the last Meta app on the list, with 2 billion people who use it on the globe. However, we almost have to put Facebook Messenger, which is also from Meta and has 931 million users, being the 7th most used app.
Instagram was launched in 2010, with a concept quite similar to Facebook, but with enough differences to attract attention. This social network is more focused on share images and videos, and change the mechanics from "friends" to "followers". Finally, the platform behaves more like YouTube, with users posting content and others consuming it.
This is the main messaging application in China, with more than 1 million users. The app allows the classic chat, audio, video call and file transfer functions. But it also performs other functions, such as: translation of texts, markets, payment portals, microblog (something like twitter) and some others.
WeChat has definitely become a great tool to have in the Asian giant. It is not easy to be more successful than to be the most used app in a country with more than 1 billion people.
Also in the rest of the world you can use WeChat, and it is the best way to communicate with people from this country. the app is available on the Play Store, where it has been downloaded more than 100 million times (remember that the Play Store is not available in China).
We have already finished the list but we cannot stay without mentioning TikTok, one that has recently had exponential growth. TikTok is currently the top trending app and in just a few years it has had 1 billion downloads on the Play Store.
Other important apps with a very common use are the native ones of the Android system. Google's operating system has more than 2 billion users. The same Play Store that we have mentioned several times has 500 billion users in the world.
And that's all, I hope I have provided you with useful information. You already know which are the most used apps in the world. Let me know in the comments which one you use and which one you don't like.