This dataset encompasses a wide-ranging collection of Google Play applications, providing a holistic view of the diverse ecosystem within the platform. It includes information on various attributes such as the title, developer, monetization features, images, app descriptions, data safety measures, user ratings, number of reviews, star rating distributions, user feedback, recent updates, related applications by the same developer, content ratings, estimated downloads, and timestamps. By aggregating this data, the dataset offers researchers, developers, and analysts an extensive resource to explore and analyze trends, patterns, and dynamics within the Google Play Store. Researchers can utilize this dataset to conduct comprehensive studies on user behavior, market trends, and the impact of various factors on app success. Developers can leverage the insights derived from this dataset to inform their app development strategies, improve user engagement, and optimize monetization techniques. Analysts can employ the dataset to identify emerging trends, assess the performance of different categories of applications, and gain valuable insights into consumer preferences. Overall, this dataset serves as a valuable tool for understanding the broader landscape of the Google Play Store and unlocking actionable insights for various stakeholders in the mobile app industry.

The app analytics market, valued at $7.29 billion in 2025, is experiencing robust growth, projected to expand at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 21.09% from 2025 to 2033. This surge is driven by several key factors. The increasing adoption of mobile applications across diverse industries, coupled with the rising need for businesses to understand user behavior and optimize app performance, fuels the demand for sophisticated analytics solutions. Furthermore, advancements in data analytics technologies, including artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML), are enabling more insightful and actionable data analysis, further propelling market expansion. The diverse application of app analytics across marketing/advertising, revenue generation, and in-app performance monitoring across various sectors like BFSI, e-commerce, media, travel and tourism, and IT and telecom significantly contributes to this growth. The market is segmented by deployment (mobile apps and website/desktop apps) and end-user industry, with mobile app analytics currently dominating due to the widespread adoption of smartphones. The competitive landscape is characterized by a mix of established technology giants like Google and Amazon alongside specialized app analytics providers like AppsFlyer and Mixpanel. These companies are continuously innovating, integrating new technologies, and expanding their product offerings to cater to the evolving needs of businesses. While the North American market currently holds a significant share, the Asia-Pacific region is expected to witness substantial growth in the coming years driven by increasing smartphone penetration and digitalization initiatives. However, factors like data privacy concerns and the rising complexity of integrating various analytics tools could pose challenges to market growth. Nonetheless, the overall outlook for the app analytics market remains positive, indicating substantial opportunities for players across the value chain. Recent developments include: June 2024 - Comscore and Kochava unveiled an innovative performance media measurement solution, providing marketers with enhanced insights. This cutting-edge cross-screen solution empowers marketers to understand better how linear TV ad campaigns impact both online and offline actions. By integrating Comscore’s Exact Commercial Ratings (ECR) data with Kochava’s sophisticated marketing mix modeling, the solution facilitates the measurement of crucial metrics, including mobile app activities (such as installs and in-app purchases) and website interactions., June 2024 - AppsFlyer announced its integration of the Data Collaboration Platform with Start.io, an omnichannel advertising platform that focuses on real-time mobile audiences for publishers. Through this collaboration, businesses leveraging the AppsFlyer Data Collaboration Platform can merge their Start.io data with campaign metrics and audience insights, creating a more comprehensive dataset for precise audience targeting.. Key drivers for this market are: Increasing Usage of Mobile/Web Apps Across Various End-user Industries, Increasing Adoption of Technologies like 5G Technology and Deeper Penetration of Smartphones; Increase in the Amount of Time Spent on Mobile Devices Coupled With the Increasing Focus on Enhancing Customer Experience. Potential restraints include: Increasing Usage of Mobile/Web Apps Across Various End-user Industries, Increasing Adoption of Technologies like 5G Technology and Deeper Penetration of Smartphones; Increase in the Amount of Time Spent on Mobile Devices Coupled With the Increasing Focus on Enhancing Customer Experience. Notable trends are: Media and Entertainment Industry Expected to Capture Significant Share.

Total-Revenue Time Series for Advanced Info Service Public Company Limited. Advanced Info Service Public Company Limited operates as a telecommunications and technology company primarily in Thailand. The company operates through three segments: Mobile Phone Services, Mobile Phone and Equipment Sales, and Datanet and Broadband Services. The company offers post and prepaid, and international calls and roaming services; digital e services; and Mpay, a payment solution. It also provides high-speed internet broadband services under the AIS Fibre and 3BB brands to consumers and businesses; and technologies and solutions services, including 5G and IoT, cloud and data center, communication, data analytic and AI, and business network solutions under the AIS Business brand to enterprise customers, SMEs, and large enterprises. In addition, the company operates as a service provider of call center, cellular telephone, electronic payment, and cash card; network operator; broadcasting network and television broadcasting service channels; digital platform; online advertising and outsourced contact center; mobile contents, application, and digital marketing; telecommunications, fixed-line, and data communication network; insurance broker; training; and telecommunication service operator and internet, as well as operates space, land, building, and related facilities. Further, it distributes handset and internet equipment; offers internet data center and international telephone services; develops IT systems service provider of content aggregator and outsourcing service for billing and collection; provides internet and online domain name; and develops, distributes, and services software. The company was founded in 1986 and is based in Bangkok, Thailand.

Total-Revenue Time Series for Capitalonline Data Service Co Ltd. Capitalonline Data Service Co., Ltd. provides cloud hosts and related services in China, the Americas, Europe, and the Asia Pacific. It offers cloud computing, artificial intelligence, and other products and services. The company also provides cloud and network integrated products, including elastic computing, global network, IDC services, data processing, and security, as well as storage, AWS cloud, database, safety, and big data and enterprise applications. In addition, it offers solutions, such as cloud connectivity, gaming, migration, and XR; e-commerce; mobile apps; online video; real estate; MaaS; digital twin; online education; CDS intelligent dispatch management platform; online games; and internet finance. The company provides its services to digital twins, artificial intelligence, industrial Internet, Internet of Vehicles, big data, education, finance, video, e-commerce, games, medical care, government, and other industries. The company was founded in 2005 and is headquartered in Beijing, China.

How many people use social media?

              Social media usage is one of the most popular online activities. In 2024, over five billion people were using social media worldwide, a number projected to increase to over six billion in 2028.

              Who uses social media?
              Social networking is one of the most popular digital activities worldwide and it is no surprise that social networking penetration across all regions is constantly increasing. As of January 2023, the global social media usage rate stood at 59 percent. This figure is anticipated to grow as lesser developed digital markets catch up with other regions
              when it comes to infrastructure development and the availability of cheap mobile devices. In fact, most of social media’s global growth is driven by the increasing usage of mobile devices. Mobile-first market Eastern Asia topped the global ranking of mobile social networking penetration, followed by established digital powerhouses such as the Americas and Northern Europe.

              How much time do people spend on social media?
              Social media is an integral part of daily internet usage. On average, internet users spend 151 minutes per day on social media and messaging apps, an increase of 40 minutes since 2015. On average, internet users in Latin America had the highest average time spent per day on social media.

              What are the most popular social media platforms?
              Market leader Facebook was the first social network to surpass one billion registered accounts and currently boasts approximately 2.9 billion monthly active users, making it the most popular social network worldwide. In June 2023, the top social media apps in the Apple App Store included mobile messaging apps WhatsApp and Telegram Messenger, as well as the ever-popular app version of Facebook.

Which county has the most Facebook users?

              There are more than 378 million Facebook users in India alone, making it the leading country in terms of Facebook audience size. To put this into context, if India’s Facebook audience were a country then it would be ranked third in terms of largest population worldwide. Apart from India, there are several other markets with more than 100 million Facebook users each: The United States, Indonesia, and Brazil with 193.8 million, 119.05 million, and 112.55 million Facebook users respectively.

              Facebook – the most used social media

              Meta, the company that was previously called Facebook, owns four of the most popular social media platforms worldwide, WhatsApp, Facebook Messenger, Facebook, and Instagram. As of the third quarter of 2021, there were around 3,5 billion cumulative monthly users of the company’s products worldwide. With around 2.9 billion monthly active users, Facebook is the most popular social media worldwide. With an audience of this scale, it is no surprise that the vast majority of Facebook’s revenue is generated through advertising.

              Facebook usage by device
              As of July 2021, it was found that 98.5 percent of active users accessed their Facebook account from mobile devices. In fact, almost 81.8 percent of Facebook audiences worldwide access the platform only via mobile phone. Facebook is not only available through mobile browser as the company has published several mobile apps for users to access their products and services. As of the third quarter 2021, the four core Meta products were leading the ranking of most downloaded mobile apps worldwide, with WhatsApp amassing approximately six billion downloads.

Apple is one of the most influential and recognisable brands in the world, responsible for the rise of the smartphone with the iPhone. Valued at over $2 trillion in 2021, it is also the most valuable...

As of January 2024, Instagram was slightly more popular with men than women, with men accounting for 50.6 percent of the platform’s global users. Additionally, the social media app was most popular amongst younger audiences, with almost 32 percent of users aged between 18 and 24 years.

              Instagram’s Global Audience

              As of January 2024, Instagram was the fourth most popular social media platform globally, reaching two billion monthly active users (MAU). This number is projected to keep growing with no signs of slowing down, which is not a surprise as the global online social penetration rate across all regions is constantly increasing.
              As of January 2024, the country with the largest Instagram audience was India with 362.9 million users, followed by the United States with 169.7 million users.

              Who is winning over the generations?

              Even though Instagram’s audience is almost twice the size of TikTok’s on a global scale, TikTok has shown itself to be a fierce competitor, particularly amongst younger audiences. TikTok was the most downloaded mobile app globally in 2022, generating 672 million downloads. As of 2022, Generation Z in the United States spent more time on TikTok than on Instagram monthly.

As of April 2024, it was found that men between the ages of 25 and 34 years made up Facebook largest audience, accounting for 18.4 percent of global users. Additionally, Facebook's second largest audience base could be found with men aged 18 to 24 years.

              Facebook connects the world

              Founded in 2004 and going public in 2012, Facebook is one of the biggest internet companies in the world with influence that goes beyond social media. It is widely considered as one of the Big Four tech companies, along with Google, Apple, and Amazon (all together known under the acronym GAFA). Facebook is the most popular social network worldwide and the company also owns three other billion-user properties: mobile messaging apps WhatsApp and Facebook Messenger,
              as well as photo-sharing app Instagram. Facebook usersThe vast majority of Facebook users connect to the social network via mobile devices. This is unsurprising, as Facebook has many users in mobile-first online markets. Currently, India ranks first in terms of Facebook audience size with 378 million users. The United States, Brazil, and Indonesia also all have more than 100 million Facebook users each.

The global number of Facebook users was forecast to continuously increase between 2023 and 2027 by in total 391 million users (+14.36 percent). After the fourth consecutive increasing year, the Facebook user base is estimated to reach 3.1 billion users and therefore a new peak in 2027. Notably, the number of Facebook users was continuously increasing over the past years. User figures, shown here regarding the platform Facebook, have been estimated by taking into account company filings or press material, secondary research, app downloads and traffic data. They refer to the average monthly active users over the period and count multiple accounts by persons only once.The shown data are an excerpt of Statista's Key Market Indicators (KMI). The KMI are a collection of primary and secondary indicators on the macro-economic, demographic and technological environment in up to 150 countries and regions worldwide. All indicators are sourced from international and national statistical offices, trade associations and the trade press and they are processed to generate comparable data sets (see supplementary notes under details for more information).

In 2023, Meta Platforms had a total annual revenue of over 134 billion U.S. dollars, up from 116 billion in 2022. LinkedIn reported its highest annual revenue to date, generating over 15 billion USD, whilst Snapchat reported an annual revenue of 4.6 billion USD.

Facebook received 73,390 user data requests from federal agencies and courts in the United States during the second half of 2023. The social network produced some user data in 88.84 percent of requests from U.S. federal authorities. The United States accounts for the largest share of Facebook user data requests worldwide.

As of April 2024, almost 32 percent of global Instagram audiences were aged between 18 and 24 years, and 30.6 percent of users were aged between 25 and 34 years. Overall, 16 percent of users belonged to the 35 to 44 year age group.

              Instagram users

              With roughly one billion monthly active users, Instagram belongs to the most popular social networks worldwide. The social photo sharing app is especially popular in India and in the United States, which have respectively 362.9 million and 169.7 million Instagram users each.

              Instagram features

              One of the most popular features of Instagram is Stories. Users can post photos and videos to their Stories stream and the content is live for others to view for 24 hours before it disappears. In January 2019, the company reported that there were 500 million daily active Instagram Stories users. Instagram Stories directly competes with Snapchat, another photo sharing app that initially became famous due to it’s “vanishing photos” feature.
              As of the second quarter of 2021, Snapchat had 293 million daily active users.

During a January 2024 global survey among marketers, nearly 60 percent reported plans to increase their organic use of YouTube for marketing purposes in the following 12 months. LinkedIn and Instagram followed, respectively mentioned by 57 and 56 percent of the respondents intending to use them more. According to the same survey, Facebook was the most important social media platform for marketers worldwide.

As of January 2024, #love was the most used hashtag on Instagram, being included in over two billion posts on the social media platform. #Instagood and #instagram were used over one billion times as of early 2024.

Cristiano Ronaldo has one of the most popular Instagram accounts as of April 2024.

              The Portuguese footballer is the most-followed person on the photo sharing app platform with 628 million followers. Instagram's own account was ranked first with roughly 672 million followers.

              How popular is Instagram?

              Instagram is a photo-sharing social networking service that enables users to take pictures and edit them with filters. The platform allows users to post and share their images online and directly with their friends and followers on the social network. The cross-platform app reached one billion monthly active users in mid-2018. In 2020, there were over 114 million Instagram users in the United States and experts project this figure to surpass 127 million users in 2023.

              Who uses Instagram?

              Instagram audiences are predominantly young – recent data states that almost 60 percent of U.S. Instagram users are aged 34 years or younger. Fall 2020 data reveals that Instagram is also one of the most popular social media for teens and one of the social networks with the biggest reach among teens in the United States.

              Celebrity influencers on Instagram
              Many celebrities and athletes are brand spokespeople and generate additional income with social media advertising and sponsored content. Unsurprisingly, Ronaldo ranked first again, as the average media value of one of his Instagram posts was 985,441 U.S. dollars.

During a 2024 survey among marketers worldwide, around 86 percent reported using Facebook for marketing purposes. Instagram and LinkedIn followed, respectively mentioned by 79 and 65 percent of the respondents.

              The global social media marketing segment

              According to the same study, 59 percent of responding marketers intended to increase their organic use of YouTube for marketing purposes throughout that year. LinkedIn and Instagram followed with similar shares, rounding up the top three social media platforms attracting a planned growth in organic use among global marketers in 2024. Their main driver is increasing brand exposure and traffic, which led the ranking of benefits of social media marketing worldwide.

              Social media for B2B marketing

              Social media platform adoption rates among business-to-consumer (B2C) and business-to-business (B2B) marketers vary according to each subsegment's focus. While B2C professionals prioritize Facebook and Instagram – both run by Meta, Inc. – due to their popularity among online audiences, B2B marketers concentrate their endeavors on Microsoft-owned LinkedIn due to its goal to connect people and companies in a corporate context.

How much time do people spend on social media?

              As of 2024, the average daily social media usage of internet users worldwide amounted to 143 minutes per day, down from 151 minutes in the previous year. Currently, the country with the most time spent on social media per day is Brazil, with online users spending an average of three hours and 49 minutes on social media each day. In comparison, the daily time spent with social media in
              the U.S. was just two hours and 16 minutes. Global social media usageCurrently, the global social network penetration rate is 62.3 percent. Northern Europe had an 81.7 percent social media penetration rate, topping the ranking of global social media usage by region. Eastern and Middle Africa closed the ranking with 10.1 and 9.6 percent usage reach, respectively.
              People access social media for a variety of reasons. Users like to find funny or entertaining content and enjoy sharing photos and videos with friends, but mainly use social media to stay in touch with current events friends. Global impact of social mediaSocial media has a wide-reaching and significant impact on not only online activities but also offline behavior and life in general.
              During a global online user survey in February 2019, a significant share of respondents stated that social media had increased their access to information, ease of communication, and freedom of expression. On the flip side, respondents also felt that social media had worsened their personal privacy, increased a polarization in politics and heightened everyday distractions.

As of April 2024, Bahrain was the country with the highest Instagram audience reach with 95.6 percent. Kazakhstan also had a high Instagram audience penetration rate, with 90.8 percent of the population using the social network. In the United Arab Emirates, Turkey, and Brunei, the photo-sharing platform was used by more than 85 percent of each country's population.

As of April 2024, Facebook had an addressable ad audience reach 131.1 percent in Libya, followed by the United Arab Emirates with 120.5 percent and Mongolia with 116 percent. Additionally, the Philippines and Qatar had addressable ad audiences of 114.5 percent and 111.7 percent.