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How many of these apps do you use?

I openly admit it: I am a reluctant If nothing else, the list above is an time on their mobile devices. “Mes-
beneficiary of technology. interesting metric because it sheds senger is ceding share,” he says.
I like the smell, feel, and sound of light on what's happening in the “WhatsApp grew a good chunk in a
turning a weathered page of a hard- world. The same can be said for the big market.”
cover book. I prefer writing my lists following list of the top 10 most pop- I, for one, have begrudgingly re-
on the backs of discarded bill en- ular apps right here in the U.S.: solved to get with the program and
velopes or pieces of scrap paper as become better acquainted with a new
opposed to taking advantage of my 10. Facebook (45.5M users) app (or two) this year. We’ll see how
cellphone’s voice dictation capability. 9. Messenger (46.3M users) I feel come July.
I have, however, become quite de- to be more specific—were on An- 8. Amazon (47M users) But I do have tremendous incen-
pendent on checking my phone’s droid devices, while only about eight 7. Roblox (50.9M users) tive: I am the mother of not one but
weather app—but only after years of billion were on iOS (Apple's mobile 6. Subway Surfers (51.4M users) two preteens, and they can already
fighting it. operating system that powers the 5. Snapchat (54M users) swipe circles around me.
I’m a veritable dinosaur when it iPhone and iPod Touch). However, 4. WhatsApp (63M users) Any way you view this collective
comes to high-tech advancements. when it came to actual revenue, the 3. Cash App (64M users) data, one thing is obvious. People the
There, I said it. And while I don’t percentages were reversed: iOS ac- 2. Instagram (72M users) world over have something major in
think I’m alone, I do think I’m in the counted for almost $2 for each dol- 1. TikTok: (99M users) common: When it comes to commu-
minority—and with good reason: In lar spent on Android: $1.80. nication and entertainment, our
many instances, technology does in- Regardless of whether you find Adam Blacker, Director of Con- smartphones reign supreme.
deed make life easier. I know, I know: these stats eyebrow-raising, you may tent & Communications for App- Where would we be without
There is no replacement for knowing be surprised by the following compi- topia, a leader in the app store them?
how to get by using just your noggin. lation of the top 10 most popular analysis industry, says that what Courtney Conover is wife, mom,
After all, computers freeze, smart- apps—worldwide—of 2022: we’re seeing here is evidence of big yoga instructor, and Chicken Soup
phone screens shatter when they in- changes in the mobile ecosystem and for the Soul contributor who has
advertently fall off the counter, and 10. Spotify (238M users) that people are spending much more called Wayne home since 1995.
there are many things in life that sim- 9. Stumble Guys (254M users)
ply can’t be programmed. 8. Facebook (298M users) To Advertise in
But there is a heck of a lot of 7. Subway Surfers (304M users)
things that are. We can do just about 6. Telegram (310M users) The Wayne Dispatch call 734-641-6550
everything on our phones these days. 5. Snapchat (330M users)
From banking to watching movies, to 4. CapCut (357M users)
staying in touch with loved ones, it’s 3. WhatsApp (424M users)
easy to see why we’ve become glued 2. Instagram (548M users)
to our phones. 1. TikTok (672M users)
And, astonishingly, as Forbes
magazine reported recently, the mo- Facebook dropped by more than
bile industry is still growing—more 25%, while TikTok won big, and Cap-
than a decade after the era of the Cut, a video editing software that
smartphone began. was once considered ho-hum,
Forbes found that Americans in- cracked the top four most-down-
stalled 37 billion apps in the first loaded apps in the world. (It’s impor-
quarter of last year, which was an tant to note that CapCut is made by
11% increase from 2021. (It’ll be in- TikTok’s parent company and has
teresting to see what this year’s first since become a favored tool of influ-
quarter numbers show.) Most of encers for creating—you guessed it—
2022 downloads—about 28 billion TikTok videos.)

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