Most used and popular Apps in India 2021:
Smartphones and their apps have made our life so convenient. We can order food, video call, attend meetings, etc. sitting on the couch. Apps have a huge impact on our daily life and have become a crucial part of our life.
Due to lockdown, the use of smartphones and their apps increased drastically. This also resulted in boosting download numbers on the Google Play store.
After the ban of Chinese apps, users started to look out for desi apps (Made in India) for their enjoyment and shifted to Made in India apps.
There are 76 Crore smartphone users in India and 25.6 lakh apps on Google Play Store. And from the ocean of these apps let’s see which are the most popular apps in India.
List of Top 10 most used apps in India 2021:
10. Snapchat:
Snapchat became newly popular among the Indian youth in a very short span. It is a social app where user can send snaps of pictures, videos, etc. which are viewable for 1 to 10 secs or until it is deleted by the user.
Snapchat’s Indian user base is 60 Million strong and has a 4.3-star rating on Google Play. It has more than 1 Billion downloads globally.
After the USA, India is the second-largest user of Snapchat.
9. PhonePe:
PhonePe is a leading online payment app in India. It allows users to pay, shop, recharge, invest and transfer money online. It is available in 11 languages in India. It is a trusted, secure and fast money transfer app.
PhonePe has 100 Million monthly active users in India. It has 4.4-star ratings and 100 Million downloads on Google Play.
8. Telegram:
Telegram is one of the most downloaded apps in India having 4.5-star ratings and has 115 Million monthly active users in India. This app has more than 500 Million downloads globally on Google Play.
The downloading numbers were increased this year due to the rage of users on WhatsApp regarding security updates.
7. Instagram:
Owned by Facebook, Instagram is one of the most popular apps. It has 120 Million active monthly users and has more than 1 Billion downloads on Google Play.
Instagram allows users to post pictures and videos on its platform where it can be viewed globally. After, the ban of Tik Tok in India, Instagram introduced its reels feature which grabbed lots of users.
Instagram is a better platform for new opportunities like social media marketing, creating a fanbase, promoting products, etc.
6. Google Chrome:
Every day we search on google for something and for that we use Chrome browser. Chrome is the most used browser in the world. It is a trusted, secure and fast browser.
Chrome has 145 Million monthly active users in India. It has more than 5 Billion downloads and 4.1-star ratings on Google Play.
5. Google:
Getting weather updates, match scores, important news, and many other quick updates Google app helps users a lot. Google app provides information about everything you search for.
There are more than 160 Million monthly active users of the Google app in India. It has more than 5 billion installations worldwide and has a 4.1-star rating on its own app called Google Play store.
4. Truecaller:
Truecaller is one of the most used apps in India overtaking other social and entertaining apps. Truecaller identifies and notifies the name of unknown callers or spammers when we receive calls.
This Swedish app has more than 190 Million monthly active users in India. It has a 4.5-star rating and more than 500 Million downloads globally on Google Play. It is one of the most used apps in India.
3. Facebook:
Almost every smartphone user in India knows Facebook. It is a widely used social platform among Indian users. It was also the highest downloaded and most used app in India in 2016. Since 2006, Facebook’s user base is increasing day by day.
Facebook has 290 Million active monthly users in India and has a 4.1-star rating. It has more than 5 Billion downloads on Google Play. India is a leading country in terms of Facebook audience size surpassing the USA.
2. YouTube:
YouTube is the second most popular and used app in India. It is an online video uploading and viewing platform. YouTube has opened numerous opportunities for online creators and backing them by providing monetizing features. YouTube, owned by Google is the largest used online video sharing platform.
YouTube has more than 320 Million monthly active users in India and has more than 5 Billion downloads on Google Play globally with a 4.1-star rating.
1. WhatsApp Messenger:
And the winner of the list of top 10 most used apps in India is WhatsApp. Facebook-owned WhatsApp is the most used app in India. It is a messaging app that gained huge popularity right after its launch in India. Every smartphone user in India uses WhatsApp as the leading messaging app. On WhatsApp, we can share videos, documents, images, etc.
WhatsApp wins the list by having more than 430 Million monthly active Indian users. This app has 5 Billion+ downloads and a 4.2-star rating on Google Play.