It was a shock when an early pandemic arrived and changed everything so fast around the world.
Everyone was afraid, the economy was shaken and a lot of people had to reinvent themselves.
Luckily, a lot of great things happened and the tech world boomed.
We have new tendencies, new features and new ways of doing things that are going to stay for a long time, so come with us on this amazing retrospective on how our lives were impacted this year and the tendency of apps:
1 – Number of social media usage in 2020
Source: www.statista.com
This is the number of active users on social media (in millions).
Social media that got over a billion users:
- Youtube
- Messenger
2 – App downloads growth from 2019 to 2020
According to this graphic, the stablished market of Apps had another big growth around march when it all started and maintained the highest number of downloads ever since.
3 – Most downloaded apps in 2020
According to Apple store itself, the apps that were a major fever during this year were:
- Zoom
- TikTok
- Disney Plus
- YouTube
- Snapchat
- Facebook Messenger
- Gmail
Zoom leads the way being the most searched app for video conferencing, since everyone that to work from home, a lot of things needed to be made in the online world. Also the platform was perfect to start an online board game night, to even funerals or deciding the next big step of a company.
Entertainment led second place with tiktok, the app showed an amazing download growth.
One of the things that helped was the fact that tik tok started trending on instagram and twitter, and a lot of people that were staying at home, found in this app a way to show their routines and make something fun with it.
4 – Workout and exercises went full online in 2020
Especially in the beginning when no one would go out, exercises had to go on online, that is when the market for online workout classes and fitness apps had a major search growth. The best ones that led the way this year were:
- My fitness pal
- Nike training club
- Fitbit
- 30 day fitness
- Betterme
- 7 minute workout
- Sweat
5 – Meditation became an official trend and so did apps that offered guidance
Source: www.sensortower.com
These are the most downloaded apps when it comes to meditation, in the United States.
Everyone thought that we would be staying at home for just a few days, now we are at month number 9 and counting.
No one expected that it could be so stressful to be trapped inside our houses for so long and meditation was a rescue to keep our minds calmer.
6 – Countries that downloaded apps the most in 2020
Source: www.sensortower.com
Top 3 countries that led App downloads were India, United States and Brazil.
India almost hit the mark of 7 billion downloads, United States getting to 4 billion and Brazil at the very mark of 3 billion.
7 – Food delivery became even highest in demand
Source: www.sensortower.com
These were the most downloaded apps around June in 2020, measured globally.
McDonald’s leading all top 1 from 3 categories, followed by Uber Eats in second.
And you? What was the biggest change in your life during 2020?
- What was the app that helped you the most?
- What is the technology that you cannot let go of anymore?
- What was your biggest routine change?
Take a step back to really think about an answer for these questions, we are almost embarking in 2021 and for sure a lot of things will keep changing, but probably we are not going to live a year like this again, and the number of things we’ve learned to do differently, won’t be forgotten.
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