App Annie: 74B Social Apps Have Been Downloaded to Date

The mobile analytics company analyzed the growth of the sector over time

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Mobile analytics company App Annie released its latest report analyzing the growth of social media applications over time.

The report showed that to date, 74 billion social apps have been downloaded worldwide as of the second quarter of 2021, with 4.7 billion of those downloads occurring in the first half of 2021.



Chart comparing social app downloads for eight regions across the period of Q4 2010 to Q2 2021.
App Annie

App Annie also found that as of the second quarter of 2021, $22.2 billion has been spent on social apps to date, with $3.2

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