Neither Facebook nor Whatsapp – Here Are the Most Popular Mobile Apps of 2018

TIKTOK

TikTok – the viral short video sensation with its roots in China, is one of a few applications that enjoyed wild popularity in 2018. In the first quarter of 2018, Douyin’s global version, TikTok, was the most downloaded iPhone application around the world, totaling 45.8 million and outperforming Facebook, YouTube, and Instagram, as per the American research company Sensor Tower.

Its everyday active users reached 150 million on June 12, 2018, quadrupling since the month of January. This is sensational growth for an application that is just two years old. And this is the reason because of which it comes at the number one position in our list of most popular mobile apps of 2018.

PUBG

Unless you’re living on some other planet (not earth) or under the rock, you must know about PUBG mobile.

2018’s mobile game of the year, PUBG or PlayerUnknown’s Battleground is an online multiplayer game where around 100 players jump utilizing a parachute on a map and battle with one another. The game crossed 30 million active users in the last month of 2018 and won a place in the list of most popular mobile apps of 2018.

UBER

Uber is a leading on-demand taxi application for riders all over the world, which is being utilized by more than 8 million individuals in 450 cities across 70 different countries. Uber is a technology-based platform that connects drivers and people who want to ride. The number of US grown-ups that are projected to use Uber in 2018 is 48 million. Here is How Uber Works.

NETFLIX

Netflix remained as popular as ever in 2018 also. After giving over a billion hours of streaming videos every week in 2017, Netflix added 7.4M subscribers in the initial three months of 2018. Its worldwide subscribers additionally dwarfed its US subscribers (68.3M versus 56.7M) for the first time ever in 2018.

It seems almost everyone wanted to stream Netflix in 2018 and the popularity of this video streaming app is not going anywhere in many years to come.

Also Read: From Mailing DVDs To A Global TV Network: Here Is How NETFLIX Business Model Managed It All

YOUTUBE

I don’t think most of you would be amazed to see YouTube in this list. Deservedly positioned at number one in photograph and video category, Youtube has been reportedly downloaded 35.3M times in the first quarter of 2018.

For those unfamiliar with the app, you can utilize it to watch films, video or tutorials of various niches, tech reviews and more. It gives you a chance to stream music and furthermore catch up with live news. Additionally, you can also make a special playlist and even share your most loved videos with your friends.

INSTAGRAM

According to Statista, Instagram is the second most popular social networking app in the US as of July 2018 after Facebook. It is an image sharing and social networking app that became famous basically because of its high quality and extraordinary features like live stories, square image format, filters, and main advertisements.

As of now, it is known as the best advertising platform ever among marketers. In November 2018, Instagram is estimated to be worth more than $100 Billion and is certain to grow further because of its rising popularity among users. From a promising product to an advertising platform Instagram has come a long way. Here is all you need to know about How Instagram Works.

QQ

QQ is an application made by Chinese tech conglomerate Tencent. The application offers Facebook Messenger-style texting, alongside music, online games, shopping, and more. QQ was downloaded an expected 22.6M times in the first quarter of 2018.

The application enables you to chat with your companions as well as play online games. Plus, you can utilize it to shop hot things and even explore music.

Google Maps

Google Maps is by far the most prominent navigation application for both; iOS and Android with estimated 22.4M downloads.

There is a ton to talk about this application. Among numerous appreciable features, the ones that everybody loves are real-time traffic updates, sharing of location, making a list of most loved places, and so on. Additionally, you can likewise utilize it offline to keep on exploring with no interruption.

Wrapping Up

Given the current state of the world, there are many applications being released each day. Sadly, most of these applications flop, some of them perform ordinary while a couple of them emerge from the crowd by being unique and useful to the users.

The apps mentioned above are all outstanding and the ones that brought a revolution. Mobilepreneurs can learn from the techniques they pursued for catching everyone’s eye.