Chinese purchasing app Temu was as soon as once more probably the most downloaded free app within the U.S., in response to an inventory of high apps and video games throughout the App Store launched by Apple on Monday. The purchasing app moved into the No. 1 slot final yr, stealing the place from TikTok, which held the title in in 2022.
Currently going through a U.S. ban, TikTok this yr made the checklist at No. 3 behind Meta’s Instagram Threads, which moved as much as the No. 2 spot after being the No. 3 most downloaded app in 2023.
Apple releases its checklist of high apps and video games on the finish of the yr to showcase what customers are literally downloading on their units, as opposed to people who App Store editors need to spotlight as high apps or video games of the yr.
It’s additionally the one year-end checklist from Apple the place ChatGPT makes an look, because the iPhone maker largely snubbed AI chatbots in its editorial picks, favoring extra conventional apps aimed toward creatives when naming its app of the yr finalists. That award in the end went to professional video app Kino, from the makers of the professional digital camera app Halide.
In 2024, nonetheless, ChatGPT ranked because the fourth-most downloaded app within the U.S. App Store, simply forward of Google’s Search app. This change is notable as a result of final yr, ChatGPT didn’t make the highest 10 after being launched on iPhone in May 2023. This yr, it’s beating Google by way of downloads.
Meta’s apps are nonetheless current in 2024’s total most-downloaded checklist however have been dropping in ranks in recent times. Although Threads ranked nicely at No. 2, Instagram and WhatsApp got here in at No. 6 and seven, respectively, adopted by CapCut (additionally owned by TikTok guardian ByteDance), then YouTube, Gmail, Google Maps, Shein, after which Facebook at No. 13.
Rounding out the highest 20 are Telegram, Snapchat, Cash App, Spotify, Max, McDonald’s, and Amazon.
Apple additionally launched the checklist of high free video games, high paid video games, high paid apps, and high Apple Arcade titles for 2024. The full lists could be discovered on the App Store’s Today web page.
Of notice, the addictive Tetris-inspired sport Block Blast! was the No. 1 most downloaded free app of the yr within the U.S., adopted by Monopoly Go!, Roblox, Call of Duty: Warzone Mobile, and Township.
The Top Arcade title was NBA 2K24 Arcade Edition, with Snake.io+, Hello Kitty Island Adventure, Sneaky Sasquatch, and Bloons TD 6+.
