The 10 most downloaded apps of 2021

Apptopia has released its list of the most downloaded apps of 2021 and TikTok grabbed the top spot among global users with 656 downloads.

According to Apptopia's global list, TikTok had 656 million downloads in 2021. It's followed by Instagram (545 million), Facebook (416 million), WhatsApp (395 million), Telegram (329 million), Snapchat (327 million), Zoom (300 million), Messenger (268 million), CapCut (255 million) and Spotify (203 million). It's noted that ByteDance is also the parent company for CapCut, a free video editing app that enables users to create and edit clips for TikTok.

Subway Surfers is the game with the most downloads for 2021 (191 million), Netflix the most popular entertainment app (173 million), Binance the most popular crypto app (64 million), and Tinder the most popular dating app (15 million).

Apptopia has published Top 10 lists for different categories of applications (eg gaming, shopping, travel, entertainment, social networks, food & drink, crypto, banking, etc.), which you can see in detail on the company's blog.