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These Are the 10 Most Popular Mobile Apps in America (recode.net)

Posted by msmash on from the what-we-do-on-our-phones dept.

Today comScore released its 2017 US Mobile App Report, which among other things, lists the top mobile apps in the nation. From a report: Between smartphones and tablets, Americans spend more than half of their digital media consumption time -- 57 percent -- in apps, according to the report. That's about the same as a year ago -- evidence that the dramatic shift to mobile has now leveled out in the U.S. These are the winners, according to comScore, as measured by their penetration of the U.S. mobile app audience: Facebook (81 percent), YouTube (71 percent), Facebook Messenger (68 percent), Google Search (61 percent), Google Maps (57 percent), Instagram (50 percent), Snapchat (50 percent), Google Play (47 percent), Gmail (44 percent), and Pandora (41 percent). 8 out of 10 apps here are owned by Facebook and Google.

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  1. Do I not exist at all then? by damn_registrars · · Score: 2, Informative
    I've hardly used any of them:
    • Facebook (81 percent),

    Never used it. I am not on there at all, never have been. I don't want to sell my personal information to that company.

    • YouTube (71 percent),

    I've used it maybe 10 times in the past year, mostly to watch videos of car repair techniques while I'm working on my car.

    • Facebook Messenger (68 percent),

    Never used it. Why is it a separate app from facebook?

    • Google Search (61 percent),

    Mostly I use this to entertain my son when we're waiting. My voice recognition calls it up automatically and then I'll usually ask it "how much wood can a wood chuck chuck if a wood chuck could chuck wood"?

    • Google Maps (57 percent),

    This I do use a lot, generally at least once a week.

    • Instagram (50 percent),

    Never used it. I can't even fathom a good reason to.

    • Snapchat (50 percent),

    Not even sure what this is. Is it better than a regular chat?

    • Google Play (47 percent),

    Does that include the Play store where I download other apps? Otherwise I've never used it.

    • Gmail (44 percent),

    I prefer the regular android mail app, though I've used the gmail app once or twice this year for times when I needed a more extensive search and didn't have my laptop handy

    • and Pandora (41 percent).

    Never used it. My battery drains quickly enough without streaming music.

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  2. Re:Google Search shouldn't count by sanf780 · · Score: 3, Informative
    None of the Google applications listed there are optional, as far as I can tell: Search, Maps, Play and Mail. Phone is not listed, though.

    I do not understand what "penetration of the US mobile app audience" means in this case, and I am not going to give my data in order to download the whitepaper. I need to ask for your help, Slashdot reader.