Nielsen, a global information, and measurement company that helps businesses better understand their markets has announced its ranking of the top smartphone apps of 2016 with Facebook and Google dominating the list. The ranking revealed Facebook with top two spots (and Instagram farther down), followed by five Google apps. Meanwhile, Apple Music and Amazon round out the top 10.
According to Nielsen’s: “In 2016, Facebook again took the lead as the top smartphone app. The social networking app had more than 146 million average unique users each month, a growth of 14% from last year. Facebook Messenger came in second with over 129 million average unique users each month, followed by YouTube with more than 113 million average unique users each month.”
In addition, the report also showed that Android and iOS were the most used operating system in the third-quarter 2016 in the U.S. A majority of subscribers used Android (53%) and iOS (45%) devices to access their apps. Two percent of U.S. smartphone owners used a handset that operated on a Windows phone, followed by 1% on a BlackBerry.
