App Downloads Takes A Hit On Apple, Google Online Stores In Q4 2022

Last Update: January 26, 2023, 2:57 pm IST

Social media apps remain fiercely competitive.

Social media apps remain fiercely competitive.

According to Sensor Tower, social media apps remain fiercely competitive.

Global app downloads on the Apple App Store and Google Play are down 0.1 percent year-on-year to reach 35.5 billion in the fourth quarter of 2022, according to a new report.

According to Sensor Tower, social media apps remain fiercely competitive.

Instagram maintained its position in the top three apps for the last seven quarters since Q2 2021, maintaining its rank as the number one app worldwide in Q4 2022.

TikTok and Facebook followed as the No. 2 and 3 apps worldwide, respectively.

While top mobile games saw a quarter-on-quarter decline in overall global downloads, such as World The cup may have helped increase downloads of soccer games.

FIFA Mobile and Soccer SuperStar grew 137 percent and 112 percent Q/Q, respectively, in the fourth quarter.

Stumble Guys by Kitka Games was a standout mobile app that dominated download growth in 2022. The game was the fastest growing app of 2022 in terms of downloads.

1 spot in Latin America and Europe, reaching more than 50 million downloads and 36 million downloads in those regions, respectively, in 2022, the report said.

Meanwhile, a recent data.ai annual report also found that consumer spending on apps fell 2 percent to $167 billion in 2022, meaning interest in the app ecosystem is waning.

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