Brian Irving, the global director of marketing for Google Play took to the official Android blog to share more stats from Google Play for the course of 2014. This time around, the focus was not just apps as we shared previously but entertainment in general. Google Play is an entertainment hub especially in Western countries where you can also purchase movies, music, books, etc from the service as well as apps. Well, here’s a look at some of the most popular apps, games, movies, music, news and books of 2014 on Google Play.
Most Downloaded Apps by Category:
Education – Duolingo
Social – Facebook
Health & Fitness – MyFitnessPal
Entertainment – Netflix
Music – Pandora
Sports – NFL Mobile
Photography – Flipagram
Travel – TripAdvisor
Top Downloaded Games:
Movie of the Year: Frozen, TV Show of the Year: The Walking Dead, Comeback Movie: Toy Story
Album of the Year: Frozen: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack, Song of the Year: Dark Horse by Katy Perry, Song of the Summer: Fancy by Iggy Azalea
News Sources of the Year:
2. TMZ
3. Forbes Now
4. The Verge
8. Gizmodo
Books of the Year:1. The Fault in Our Stars, 2. Fifty Shades of Grey, 3. Divergent, 4. Twelve Years a Slave, 5. Insurgent
