In the present era of technology every person who is carrying a smartphone to stay updated to this fast-growing techy world, where many apps help smartphone users to stay connected to this techy world.
There are many apps available to download online on many stores, out of them some get popular for some period, but on other hand, some get millions of downloads not because they are popular but because they provide very good service and care for users of there app like WhatsApp, Facebook, Google Pay, etc.
Such apps we have covered in this article of Top 10 most downloaded and used apps in India in 2019.
Top 10 most downloaded and used apps in India in 2019
1. WhatsApp
From the day of WhatsApp launched in 2010 in India many of user has accepted it as the primary social communication medium, and till date, India has the most WhatsApp users through the world using it daily.
WhatsApp suddenly increased users when they launched WhatsApp 2.0 version in it’s starting days and gained large popularity. In WhatsApp not only you can send messages but also you can share music, photos, documents, location, and also you can make voice calls or Video Calls.
According to Tech Crunch, there was an average of 400 million monthly users of WhatsApp in India in 2019.
WhatsApp developers have improved it with changing times and made WhatsApp more user-friendly, that’s why WhatsApp is one of the most downloaded and used app considering communication apps.
WhatsApp suddenly increased users when they launched WhatsApp 2.0 version in it’s starting days and gained large popularity. In WhatsApp not only you can send messages but also you can share music, photos, documents, location, and also you can make voice calls or Video Calls.
According to Tech Crunch, there was an average of 400 million monthly users of WhatsApp in India in 2019.
WhatsApp developers have improved it with changing times and made WhatsApp more user-friendly, that’s why WhatsApp is one of the most downloaded and used app considering communication apps.
2. MX Player
MX Player is a video player app and presently one of the top media streaming services created by J2 Interactive and is officially owned by Times group.
It features advanced video playing, subtitle support, offline video playing, music, background player, and much more advanced features, especially for video playing.
Karan Bedi the Chief Executive of MX Player recently said
We ended 2019 with 280 million monthly active users
in an interview with Economic Times.
As the market for MX players in India is large MX player has introduced streaming services especially for India.
We ended 2019 with 280 million monthly active users
in an interview with Economic Times.
3. Facebook
In India, those Who don’t know Facebook, from elders to youngsters all are familiar with Facebook.
It was founded by Mark Zuckerberg on 4 February 2004. Facebook is one of the biggest platforms which is accepted throughout most countries in the world.
On Facebook, you can make your profile upload photos, make friends, and also can run a page which may be run by a group of peoples. Also, there are many associate programs that are run by Facebook.
As of Statista report in October 2019, there are more than 269 million monthly users of Facebook in India, which counts for 11% of all Facebook users throughout the world. Recently Some articles are had said that Facebook app users and active users are decreasing day by day.
5.SHAREit
In an interview with Shareit India CEO Karam Malhotra, he said that India is the most important market for Shareit in the world, with over 200 million monthly active users in India alone.
Fall back two years ago Shareit announced that they are making a partnership with Times Music, From this treaty, there has been video content made available in different languages.
6. Hotstar
Star India in February 2014 officially launched Hotstar app and website, which was made especially for the Indian audiences also they have acquired official rights in streaming IPL from 2015 and onwards.
India’s one of the big tech blog Tech Crunch said in April 2019 Hotstar users were 150+million. In ICC Cricket World Cup 2019 Hotstar was a streaming partner, where Hotstar made a record of 25.3 million concurrent views on India vs Newzealand Semifinal match.
Hotstar is presently served in only four countries that are India, the United States, Canada, United Kingdom.
Many Star India channel shows are now available to watch anytime on it, where some of the shows are premium and can be watched only with the purchase of Hotstar VIP for which currently yearly plan is only of 365 Rs. which is affordable for many Indians.
7. TikTok
Truecaller is basically an app featuring caller identification, call-blocking, flash messaging, call recording, chat, and voice which uses the Internet.
Truecaller is developed by True Software Scandinavia AB which was launched on 23 September 2009 for Android and IOS platforms.
Truecaller co-founder and CEO Alan Mamedi in February 2019 announced they have reached 100 million daily users active alone from India.
9. Instagram
10. Google Pay
For the past two years, many people were started preferring Unified Payments Interface(UPI) where the money is directly exchanged between bank accounts. Google Pay is one of these.
On 27 August 2017 Tez app was launched in India by Google and after exactly one year that is on 28 August 2018, it was renamed Google Pay.
As of Financial Express in India, there were 67 million monthly active users of Google Pay reported in September 2019, where its biggest competitor Phonepe users had 55 million monthly active users in June 2019.
From Google Pay, you can recharge your mobile, set-top box, pay your electric bills, share money to your friend’s account, and much more.
Following list UC Browser, Phonepe, Flipkart, Helo are some of the apps with increasing users day by day.
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