Wednesday, March 21, 2012

5 Category Most Popular in Android Applications

AppBrain, an Android application directory, have interesting data about the category of what the most popular applications on the Android application store, Google Play (formerly called Android Market).


At Google Play, many categories of applications that are available and of the many categories of existing applications, there are some very popular among users.

Here is a list of five categories of applications that are popular in Google Play is sorted by the total number of downloaded applications with over 50,000 in that category:

  1.  Entertainment, this category has about 2346 individual applications downloaded over 50,000 times.
    Some examples of its application are Easy MP3 Music Download Pro, 9GAG (free), Movies by Flixster,    Talking Puppy, and MP3 Ringtone Maker.
  2.Tools, this category has about 2153 individual applications downloaded over 50,000 times.
    Some application examples are Tiny LED Flashlight +, Easy Battery Saver, Easy Task Killer Advanced, Onavo | Usage Data Monitor, Adobe Flash Player 11.
   3. Personalization, this category has about 1510 individual applications downloaded over 50,000 times.
    Some examples of its application is Zedge Ringtones & Wallpapers, HD Wallpapers PicSpeed 170.000, ICS Launcher Ex Go Theme, Windows 7 Theme GO Launcher EX, Exodus Live Wallpaper.
   4. Arcade & Action Game, this category has about 1347 individual applications downloaded over 50,000 times.
    Some examples of applications are Airport City, Ceramic Destroyer, Cartoon Wars, ZENONIA 4, and My Railway.
    5. Casual Games, this category has about 1197 individual applications downloaded over 50,000 times.
    Some application examples are Bubble Shoot, The Oregon Trail: Settler, Smurfs' Village, Stardom: THE A-LIST, Tap Fish.

Readers can view the complete data in appbrain.com / stats, and I think the available data can be used as an interesting reference material when developing applications on the Android platform.

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