Most downloaded apps in Europe by country in 2024

That's depressing as fuck.

I know. Cheap crap is a stain.
- It's not about cheap crap, it's about the predatory nature of almost all apps shown and how well-known it is that they're ethically bad.

Nice one Netherlands.

I'm sure a lot of us here can say that's the only one on the map we have
The Netherlands continues to be my top choice for a place to live if I end up fleeing my country. If they'll have me.
- It's expensive. Don't forget to buy the floor for your apartment.
  Edit: I'm serious about the floor. Apartments don't come with flooring included.
- If they'll have me.
  Not with the current political climate I'm afraid. Still hoping for a shift to the left, as our right wing parties just showed they are completely incompetent. Hoping for the best, expecting the worst though.
Surprised me though, although temu probably would've surprised me more

Loving Bulgaria. Everybody's doing social networks, meanwhile they're "ooh, a puzzle game!"

Temu is more like a capitalism network than a social network, but yeah Chad Bulgaria playing tetris instead of giving into consumerism.
You know, I mostly hear about how Soviet-looking Bulgaria still is from my family over that way. Everyone playing Tetris adds to that.

So the source page just doesn't exist. But https://mapsinterlude.wordpress.com/ does. When you visit it, this post is easily found, but do they list any of their sources? No. I checked a few sites that list top apps by country and just checked Denmark, because that's where I'm from and temu was #8.

I took it from instagram, it's probably not correct. If you confirm that this information is incorrect, I can delete the post so as not to spread misinformation.
- No, no it's fine, I wasn't trying to dismiss the posting of this, it's just that I'm sad I couldn't find any sources. I found a bit odd that Temu was #1 where I live, and although it's up there, I'm still curious how they got their data.

Maxima Grupė UAB is a Lithuanian group of retail chain companies operating in Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Poland and Bulgaria.

LT72 is a website intended to prepare Lithuanian residents for emergencies. It allows residents to learn how to be be prepared for an accident, ...

Wildberries (Russian: Вайлдберриз, Vayldberriz) is the largest Russian online retailer. It was founded in 2004 by Tatyana Kim.

All Recovery is an app to recover deleted or lost items from your Android's internal memory. All Recovery can recover photos, videos, audios and documents that have been previously deleted on the device.

Serbia has an itchy delete finger, apparently.
Yeah, what's up with Latvia? Why would people mass-download a grocery store app? Besides, iki is better. At least it was 10 years ago. Do they still have iki?
- Because of discounts
- I'm from Latvia. I have the app, but I don't believe for 1 second that it's the most downloaded one. Hell, half the country doesn't even like that grocery store and would much rather go to Rimi.
All Recovery is an app to recover deleted or lost items from your Android's internal memory. All Recovery can recover photos, videos, audios and documents that have been previously deleted on the device.
can it though, or just claims to be able to? as I know no apps without root privileges cqn do such things. unless it just searches things in the gallery recycle bin, in which case it is again useless because the gallery app can be used for that

People really use temu? I thought it was all crap.

Edit:

This is most downloaded not most used, so I'd reckon a lot of people heard about it, downloaded it, used it, realised it was all crap, then deleted it.
- People would rather download the app to figure that out than just visit the website? That's still depressing.
  But probably temu was like get 50% off your first order via the app or something like that?
It is crap but everything in stores in the US is crap too, and Temu crap is merely half the quality for a tenth the price
- I don't think I see US in this map at all...
- everything in stores in the US is crap too
  You might be going to the wrong stores
I used it once when I noticed a hammock underquilt - something I'd been looking for (it's basically a thermal layer for your hammock so your butt doesn't freeze at night). For context, these can cost from 50€ to several hundred.
It did all the stupid prize wheel things and offered the typical bs it usually does. However it made me an offer - buy 6 items and the underquilt will be included free. It didn't specify any prices or the typical "cheapest item is free", so I bought 6 of the cheapest things I could find (something like 50 hair ties for 0.50€, a pizza knife for 1€ etc).
I got the underquilt (and some random things) for ~6€ and, surprisingly, it works extremely well, even for quite cold weather!
Never used the app again, though. After the initial offers to get you hooked, the prices are usually worse than buying locally or just using AliExpress.

Netherlands it is then.

Out of everything the most depressing is Klarna. It's a buy now pay later microloans that should just be forbidden.

We get a lot of advertising for it here in Belgium and tons of webshops support it, sadly. What a trash company.
- Not just support it but sometimes it's the only option, so you also have to support their business even if you just paying upfront. (and hand over your personal data)
I don't know if it was the case in other countries but in Belgium a very popular app used to store loyalty cards was bought by Klarna. It was not really clear that you could continue to use the old app for a while and not switch to Klarna. So I know a lot of people that just installed the app just to be able to have access to their cards.

Only Netherland and Bulgaria can be proud of themselves.

Nobody can be as proud of themselves (because of this list I mean) as Lithuania: "LT72 is a website intended to prepare Lithuanian residents for emergencies. It allows residents to learn how to be be prepared for an accident, ..."
Offtopic but IMO "Netherland" would be a better English name than the fussy "The Netherlands". And Nederland would be better still. It's easily pronounceable.

This can't be correct. No way people use Signal more than Whatsapp in NL. And Temu, this app Google Play tries to spam you with? Why?

It is the most downloaded app in 2024
I think most Dutchies already had Whatsapp installed prior to 2024.
And Temu, this app Google Play tries to spam you with? Why?
Because Google Play spams you with it, I guess.

Is Temu really that much cheaper compared to Aliexpress to be "worth it"?

Same garbage different name

Wtf is klarna?

Swedish fintech for online payments. A lot of young people go into debts with their "shop now, buy later" function
- So credit card with extra steps?

Goddamn right Crimea is part of Ukraine.

🤮

TIL Bulgaria is the best country in Europe

"Wtf is TEMU?"

Oh...

Also, wtf is MA IMA?

Temu is basically Wish.
Maxima is a Lithuanian retail chain which operates throughout the Baltics.
- That red X on a red background 👌

Based Netherlands.

pretty sure this is bullshit. have seen some other maps on there too. unconvincing stats with no sources.

I’m like “Wildberries and Tetris?” and that’s just tangential to wtf Temu.

Look at us go wheeee.

99% of people who use Temu are dumb. They don't stop to ask "everything is so cheap, but why?". Because they get blinded by convenience. And i HATE those people.

Brainrot generation, here we come!

This is a Temu ad

Probably true. TEMU is personally also my most downloaded app. I've downloaded TEMU 3 time this year. Never opened it. Always uninstalled it immediately.

It installs automatically on some Samsung phones. I think it's after system updates. The Samsung store will pop up and recommend some apps. It then installs TEMU regardless of what you choose.

Kosovo out here just trying to avoid speed traps.

And people say America is doomed, damn.

For me personally my phone downloaded it automatically because I apperently missed some checkmark or something. Instantly deleted it, but it still counts. Samsung btw.

What's that smiling ghost in Kosovo?

Waze, it's a navigation app owned by Google
Waze - A Google navigation app

We're so cooked.

Is TikTok just extra popular in failing countries?

I mean, if everything if falling apart around you and know you can't do shit then a bit of escapism looks pretty tempting.
- I'm reminded of something I read during the US ban, "nobody can afford bread and they're banning the circus."

Klarna. Why? It is such a shit company.

My card keeping app was bought by Klarna. Had to migrate my account so I could even view them. Turns out Klarna is a bank, so now even deleting my account leaves sensitive information because banks have to keep those.
Also the UI was shit.

Damn, I didn't know the Netherlands were cool like that.

No love for Finland? Threads is kind of fun and at least it isn't selling you landfill fodder

They downloaded threads in hopes of browsing sopuli through threads, of course /s
I live in Finland and I know no one who uses Threads, or at least nobody has never mentioned it.
Finland. Colour: Grey. App: Threads.

Downloaded through what?

99% of all software I use I downloaded from my distro repository, GitHub or torrent trackers. I doubt that this "infographics" counts that.

You are not the average person when it comes to downloading and installing software. Of course statistics like this one won't count that.
- I'm sure they don't even try.
this is highly likely the play store
- Plus the Apple AppStore, I assume.
i use arch btw
- You had to say that, didn't you?
Colloquially, apps usually just means phone apps these days. So that means it's probably Android Play Store, and iOS App Store.