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Temu , the Chinese e - commerce company whose app is nowattracting longer engagement timesthan Amazon , is Apple ’s most downloaded free app in the U.S. for 2023 . The Cupertino - based technical school titan todayreleasedan App Store feature that showcases the top iPhone apps of the year , free and pay , as measured by app installs — its proxy for overall popularity . This year , apps from Chinese - based companies have take over spots previously held by U.S. tech giants like Meta and Google , as CapCut and TikTok , which hail from Beijing - base ByteDance , come in at No . 3 and No . 5 , severally .
Meta , which last class held the No . 3 , No . 4 and No . 9 office with WhatsApp , Instagram and Facebook , respectively , evince up in the top 10 this year with a slightly different mix . Gone from the charts is Facebook , while Meta ’s new app Instagram Threads was the No . 3 app by U.S. downloads . Instagram and WhatsApp followed at No . 6 and No . 9 , slipping in position from their ranking last year .
Google , meanwhile , had dominated last year ’s list with the No . 2 app YouTube , just behind TikTok , as well as No . 5 Google Maps , No . 6 Google Search and No . 7 Gmail . In 2023 , however , Google ’s only two apps in the top 10 by downloads included No . 7 Google Search and No . 8 YouTube , both also slipping in ranking from last yr .
The shift in downloads could represent that U.S. tech giants are virtually at a market chroma percentage point , where their apps are n’t as in demand as they were in old years because many already have them install . It also point to the grow demand for apps from Chinese house , like ByteDance , which are attracting young user ’ attention along with government scrutiny , with TikTok being banned froma phone number ofgovernment devicesover business organization about its China ties . Montana also attempt to ban TikTok in its body politic , but that ruling wasput on hold by the courtsfor the time being as TikTok ’s lawsuit progresses .
The negative attention TikTok has receive in the year may answer for for its eluding from being the No . 1 app last class to now the No . 5 app . But U.S. consumers have n’t swear off Taiwanese apps by the looks of things , collapse Temu ’s No . 1 position . Data from Apptopia , reported byBloomberg , observe that consumer were spend 18 minutes per day in Temu ’s app , compared with 10 moment in Amazon . Younger users spent even higher amounts of time , at 19 instant per day , on average . While Temu attracts users with in - app games , its real draw may be its bargain prices — which have more of an appeal during an economic downturn . It ’s also a to a great extent - marketed app , just as TikTok was in the month leading up to its No . 1 ranking last yr .
The only other top app in the listing not from Meta , Google or a Chinese house was Max ( formerly HBO Max ) , which show up as the No . 3 app by downloads in the U.S.
The top ante up apps list showcases a different marketplace , more often of smaller developer or those build useful productivity tools , creative apps or utilities that drug user are willing to ante up for . Here , the top 10 included ( in order ): Shadowrocket , HotSchedules , Procreate Pocket , The Wonder Weeks , 75 unvoiced , AutoSleep Track Sleep on Watch , Goblin Tools , TonalEnergy Tuner & Metronome , SkyView and AnkiMobile Flashcards .
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The top costless game , meanwhile , included several of last class ’s victor , like Roblox , Call of Duty : Mobile , Subway Surfers and Parking Jam 3D , as well as some new addition . This list ’s No.1 app was MONOPOLY GO ! , followed by Roblox ( up from No . 3 last year ) , Royal Match , Subway Surfers ( down from No . 2 last year ) , Gardenscapes , Call of Duty : Mobile ( up from No . 8 last twelvemonth ) , Block Blast ! , Makeover Studio : Makeup Games , Parking Jam 3-D ( ranked the same as last year ) and Survivor!.io .
The top paid games in the U.S. were led by Microsoft - owned Minecraft , and also let in Heads Up ! , Geometry Dash , Bloons TD 6 , MONOPOLY , Papa ’s Freezeria To Go ! , Plague Inc. , Red ’s First Flight , Five Nights at Freddy ’s ( which became a movie this class , too ) and Grand Theft Auto : San Andreas .
Apple ’s lineament also include separate listing of the top iPad apps and secret plan , both destitute and paid , for the year , as well as top Apple Arcade games . The latter offers the only glimpse into Apple ’s subscription gaming depot , which is otherwise a black corner as it does n’t have a Top Charts section like the bombastic App Store does .
There ’s some overlap in these lists , though streaming apps make a better showing among the free iPad apps . That inclination includes ( in rules of order ) Max , YouTube and Netflix in the top three spots and Disney+ , Prime Video and Peacock at No . 5 , 8 and 10 , respectively . Top iPad games also include more kid - friendly statute title , like Toca Life : Hospital ( No . 5 ) and instruct Your Monster to Read ( No . 7 ) .
The complete set of lists are below :
Top Free iPhone Apps
Top Paid iPhone Apps
Top Free iPhone Games
Top Paid iPhone Games
Top Free iPad Apps
Top Paid iPad Apps
Top Free iPad Games
Top Paid iPad Games
Top Apple Arcade Games
