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Top iOS Apps of 2017: Bitmoji Beats Snapchat, YouTube, and Facebook Messenger (cnn.com)

Posted by EditorDavid on from the mini-me dept.

An anonymous reader quotes CNN: Apple has unveiled its list of most downloaded iOS apps of the year, and topping the list is free custom emoji app Bitmoji... Bitmoji soared to the top of the list, thanks to an integration with Snapchat. (Snapchat's parent company acquired Bitmoji last year for an unknown amount)... Users must download the Bitmoji app to use it with Snapchat.

Fittingly, the main Snapchat app took second place, despite a tough year on Wall Street that was attributed to slow user growth. Snapchat was the most downloaded app of 2016. Google's YouTube took the number three spot this year, while Facebook's Messenger and Instagram placed fourth and fifth, respectively.

27 comments

  1. Maybe... by Luthair · · Score: 1

    because everyone has already downloaded the others?

    1. Re:Maybe... by ewibble · · Score: 2

      Snapchat requires Bitmoji so the number of Bitmoji downloads > Snapchat downloads how is this even interesting it says nothing about how popular Bitmoji is.

    2. Re:Maybe... by bogaboga · · Score: 1

      because everyone has already downloaded the others?

      No, because after getting installed, this particular app is less stable, which then requires users to re-install the subject app. This is reflected in the high download figures.

    3. Re:Maybe... by Luthair · · Score: 1

      Yes but this is the yearly total downloads (I'm assuming new installs), I'm suggesting most of the installs of the most used applications happened before 2017.

    4. Re:Maybe... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1

      Slashdead "editors" are known for posting only clickbait and political propaganda.

    5. Re:Maybe... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      I don't know - I don't have any of those apps installed. I finally removed Facebook after I realised I hadn't used it for a year.

    6. Re:Maybe... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      because all everybody cares about these days.. are idiotic smileys, emojis, animojis or whatever bull the latest iconified smileys are called...

      back when IRC was mainstream and SMS was new... we used smileys the old fashioned way... :-) and we did not get all worked up over them... we did not waste 1000$+ on a toy smartphone JUST because it could do animoji or whatever... smileys were used along with shortcuts like LOL etc to express an emotion, but only to support whatever we were talking about... NOT as a goal in itself!

      now..get off my lawn!

    7. Re:Maybe... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Snapchat requires Bitmoji so the number of Bitmoji downloads > Snapchat downloads how is this even interesting it says nothing about how popular Bitmoji is.

      huh? You don't need to install Bitmoji if you just want snapchat.

  2. Re:KKK by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    What about indians?

  3. Re:KKK by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    i know how u feel i hate turks theyre ruining germany

  4. Re: KKK by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    The proper term is 'native Americans'

  5. Re:KKK by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Ruining Germany? Their food is certainly an improvement.

  6. 2017, the year that cancer was ...caused by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Cancer of the eye is no joke, people! Don't use emojis!

    1. Re:2017, the year that cancer was ...caused by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      CANCER OF RECTUM

    2. Re: 2017, the year that cancer was ...caused by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Pastor Olsteen?

    3. Re:2017, the year that cancer was ...caused by antdude · · Score: 1

      So, use old school ASCII emoticons? :-P

      --
      Ant(Dude) @ Quality Foraged Links (AQFL.net) & The Ant Farm (antfarm.ma.cx / antfarm.home.dhs.org).
  7. This Just In by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Roy Moore is not a big fan of the iPhone X. Itâ(TM)s too old.

  8. I hate the gays by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Gays need to stay the fuck away from me. At college, half the guys are gay. Total bullshit.

    1. Re: I hate the gays by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Sarah?

  9. so.. snap chat is most popular.. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1

    youtube and facebook shit don't count. they're fucking *websites*; and that emoji one is just an addon for snapchat and other crap.

  10. Ameritard psychopaths reject the concept of emotio by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    They scoff everything *human*.
    Like non-Dalek feelings and emotions.
    Even any punctuation, besides the period, is quite uncool to them.
    And cold you gotta be. Like Lloyd Blankfein, Dick Cheney, and every other ice-hearted pychopath ruling the cancer they call their society.

    Watch out, actual humans! This is how you can tell them apart from real humans! (Besides the casual mass-murder and inhumane treatment of even their fellow citizens.)

  11. Re: KKK by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Wrong. There's no such thing as a "native American." Indians (feather, not dot) come from Siberia, which is not located in the Americas.

  12. Of the year... by antdude · · Score: 1

    2017 hasn't ended yet. Can't they just wait until the new year before posting it? :P

    --
    Ant(Dude) @ Quality Foraged Links (AQFL.net) & The Ant Farm (antfarm.ma.cx / antfarm.home.dhs.org).
  13. Re: KKK by gnick · · Score: 1

    By that logic, are we all native Africans?

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