U.S. downloads of selected mobile app categories Q3 2021

Published by Laura Ceci, Jul 9, 2025
In the most recent measured quarter, mobile gaming apps generated approximately **** billion downloads from users in the United States. Shopping apps downloads in the country decreased by approximately five percent compared to the second quarter of 2021. In the same period, downloads of sports apps increased by roughly ** million compared to the second quarter of 2021, reaching ** million.

By August 2021, YouTube was one of the most popular mobile applications in the U.S., averaging almost *** million unique monthly visitors.
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Downloads of selected mobile app categories in the United States from 1st quarter 2021 to 3rd quarter 2021 (in millions)

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December 2021

Region

United States

Survey time period

Q1 to Q3 2021

Special properties

across iOS and Google Play

Supplementary notes

Entertainment apps: no data available for missing quarters.

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