Google first launched the Android Market nearly a decade ago when the operating system was still in its primitive stages, struggling to play catch up with Apple’s then more superior iOS. It was till 2012 that Android users had to go to different platforms if they wanted to download apps, music and e-books respectively. In that same year, Google decided to unite all Android content into one place we now call the Google Play Store.
Today, Google celebrates its 5th anniversary of the Play Store, boasting a bunch of impressive stats we should know about. Since its birth, the Play Store saw its user base grow to more than 1 billion active users from a total of 190 countries today. The Play Store is now the one stop place to get content such as apps, music and e-books for any Android device ranging from smartphones to Chromebooks. In conjunction with its 5th birthday, Google has listed down the top 5 most popular content in the US since the launch of the Play Store:
TOP INSTALLED GAMES
- Candy Crush Saga
- Subway Surfers
- Temple Run 2
- Despicable Me
- Clash of Clans
TOP INSTALLED APPS*
- Facebook Messenger
- Pandora Radio
- Snapchat
*Download only. Does not include pre-installed apps on Android devices.
TOP SELLING SONGS
- Ed Sheeran – Thinking Out Loud
- Lorde – Royals
- Taylor Swift – Blank Space
- Mark Ronson feat. Bruno Mars – Uptown Funk
- Pharrell Williams – Happy
TOP SELLING ALBUMS
- Adele – 25
- Eminem – The Marshall Mathers LP2 (Deluxe)
- Taylor Swift – 1989
- Drake – If You’re Reading This It’s Too Late
- Kendrick Lamar – To Pimp A Butterfly
TOP SELLING MOVIES
- The Interview
- Frozen
- Deadpool
- Star Wars: The Force Awakens
- Guardians of the Galaxy
TOP SELLING BOOKS
- Fifty Shades of Grey, by E L James
- The Hunger Games trilogy, by Suzanne Collins
- A Game of Thrones, by George RR Martin
- The Fault in Our Stars, by John Green
- Gone Girl, by Gillian Flynn
How often to you visit the Play Store to download content or update your apps? Do you find anything of your favorite on Google’s popular list?
Source: Google