84 Percent of Apps Downloads in July Were For Facebook

The 10 most popular Android apps were downloaded 354 million times in July.

According to Statista, apps developed by Facebook accounted for 84 percent of those downloads (297 million).^[1] Those apps included WhatsApp, Instagram, Messenger/Messenger Lite, and Facebook/Facebook Lite.

Footnotes:

1. Statista, "The Global Top 10 Android Apps," August 4, 2017

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