Google Play turns 5
March 6, 2012, is the day Google opened its digital store for apps, games, movies, music, books across all Android devices. In five years it reached 1 billion active users in 190 countries with 40 million songs, 5 million books and countless apps and movies downloads. To celebrate Google released lists of the top 5 items across all its categories in the Store.
Google Play is now available on all Android phones, tablets, on Chromebooks, Android Wear devices and even Daydream, Google’s VR platform. Here is some of the content Android users have downloaded for five years:
Top Installed Games
- Candy Crush Saga
- Subway Surfers
- Temple Run 2
- Despicable Me
- Clash of Clans
In the Top Installed Apps we see Facebook trumping everyone else with 3 out of 5 most downloaded apps. Google clarifies that this chart does not include pre-installed apps on Android devices.
Top Installed Apps
- Facebook Messenger
- Pandora Radio
- Snapchat
Reader comments
- Akinaro
- d%W
what? What freeware have to do with market place? We talking about platform that SELL and distribute applications, grames, movies and other media. And that platform after 5 years STILL dont have simple search option and sorting. Such fea...
- Pragmatic
- 7Xm
Such is the price of freeware. Google needs to get money from somewhere, if not the consumers.
- Arian Adler
- JK1
Yes, You are right Man! Unfortunately Some more: CALEA, (1994) requiring that telecommunications carriers and manufacturers of telecommunications equipment modify and design their equipment, facilities, and services to ensure that they...
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