With 2014 about to end, it is time to look back to review the best and Google is being one of those who is in a hurry to present his compilations: a couple of weeks ago he announced to us which ones they considered the best games and apps of the year, now the search engine company discovers us what they are the ones that have been downloaded the most, which can be considered an indicator of which are the favorites of the public, although it cannot be said that there is a direct correlation either. What do you bet on?
Top 10 most downloaded apps
We begin with the review of 10 most downloaded apps, although there are a couple of nuances that should be taken into account so as not to be too surprised by the results, which may come to squeak in the odd case: the first, which is not exclusive data for Spain, so do not be surprised that some don't even sound too familiar to you; the second, what Google has been selecting the most downloaded app in each category, so the top 10 is probably not even the same as if they had simply given us the list of the 10 most downloaded, regardless of whether the category is repeated or not.
- Education: Duolingo
- Health: MyFitnessPal
- Music: Pandora
- Photographer: Flipagram
- Social: Facebook
- Entertainment: Netflix
- Sports: NFL Mobile
- Travels: TripAdvisor
A good example that, as we said, it is to be assumed that each category handles very different download figures (it is not risky to think, for example, that Facebook has many more downloads than MyFitnessPal) is that Google He has even highlighted another rather curious fact; which is only the category that has grown the most (a good clue for developers of what they may be interested in dedicating more of their efforts to in the future) and the winner, in line with the accent that all have put companies lately on this subject, is that of health.
The 5 most downloaded games
How could it be otherwise, the compilation also includes a list with the most downloaded games and although the resulting top 5 of the Android games Most successful is generally quite predictable, we do not fail to find some surprises, with at least one independent game reaching the highest positions. It is clear, in any case, that the study King.com he is the absolute winner, with not one but two titles.
- candy Crush Saga
- Don't Tap the White Tile
- Farm Heroes Saga
- Subway Surfers
- Clash of Clans
Movies, books and music
You know, however, that Google Play does not distribute only applications and games, but Google is just as interested in the distribution of other types of digital content, so there has also been a mention of the films, creative writing y music most downloaded. What are according to these data the favorites of the users of Android? Well it seems that the great winner has been Frozen, which has not only been the movie most bought, but also the album (his soundtrack) most purchased. Among the books, nothing particularly surprising either: Under the same star, 50 Sombras de Gray, 12 years of slavery, Divergent e Insurgent.
Few matches with Google's selection
You cannot help but notice that the coincidences with the selection of Google of the Best Apps and best games, although perhaps it should not surprise us too much and that the list was not limited precisely to applications indie (the list of best games included, for example, the FIFA 15 coins and Angry Birds Epic). We only found two coincidences and both occur in the games category: the super success Clash of Clans and indie Don't Tap the White Tile.
Source: techcrunch.com