Most Popular Applications 2021

 1. Facebook


Facebook, Inc., is an American multinational conglomerate based in Menlo Park, California. It was founded by Mark Zuckerberg, along with his fellow roommates and students at Harvard College.

Founders: Mark Zuckerberg, Eduardo Saverin, Dustin Moskovitz, Andrew McCollum, more Trending

Founded: February 2004, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

CEO: Mark Zuckerberg (Feb 4, 2004–)

Headquarters: Menlo Park, California, United States


2. WhatsApp


WhatsApp Messenger, or simply WhatsApp, is an American freeware, cross-platform centralized messaging and voice-over-IP service owned by Facebook, Inc. It allows users to send text messages and voice messages, make voice and video calls, and share images, documents, user locations, and other content.

Original author(s): Brian Acton, Jan Koum

Developer(s): WhatsApp LLC (Facebook, Inc.)

Initial release: January 2009; 12 years ago

Written in: Erlang

Size: 172.1 MB (iOS); 33.05 MB (Android)

Available in: 40 (iOS) and 60 (Android) languages


3. Instagram


Instagram is an American photo and video sharing social networking service created by Kevin Systrom and Mike Krieger. In April 2012, Facebook acquired the service for approximately US$1 billion in cash and stock. 

Date launched: October 6, 2010

Original author(s): Kevin Systrom; Mike Krieger

Developer(s): Facebook, Inc.

Owner: Facebook

Nominations: Shorty Award for Apps, Teen Choice Award for Choice Social Network

Awards: Shorty Award for Apps


4. TikTok


TikTok, known in China as Douyin, is a Chinese video-sharing focused social networking service owned by ByteDance. The social media platform is used to make a variety of short-form videos, from genres like dance, comedy, and education, that have a duration from fifteen seconds to three minutes.

Created by: Zhang Yiming

Initial release date: September 2016

Stable release: 15.5.0 / 31 March 2020

Available in: 40 languages

Operating system: iOS, Android

Size: 308.3 MB (iOS); 55.21 MB (Android)


5. Facebook messenger


Facebook Messenger is an American messaging app and platform developed by Facebook, Inc. Originally developed as Facebook Chat in 2008, the company revamped its messaging service in 2010.

Developer(s): Facebook, Inc.

Initial release date: August 9, 2011

License: Freeware, proprietary

Available in: 111 languages

Operating system: Web, Android, iOS, Windows 10, macOS

Size: 37 MB (Android); 153 MB (iOS); 108.7 MB (Windows 10); 112.9 MB (macOS)


6. Zoom


Zoom Cloud Meetings is a proprietary video teleconferencing software program developed by Zoom Video Communications. The free plan allows up to 100 concurrent participants, with a 40-minute time restriction. Users have the option to upgrade by subscribing to a paid plan. 


7. Spotify


Spotify is a Swedish audio streaming and media services provider founded in 2006 by Daniel Ek. It is the world's largest music streaming service providers, with over 356 million monthly active users, including 158 million paying subscribers, as of March 2021.

CEO: Daniel Ek (2006–)

Founded: April 23, 2006, Stockholm, Sweden

Headquarters: Stockholm, Sweden

Founders: Daniel Ek, Martin Lorentzon


8. Snapchat


Snapchat is an American multimedia messaging app developed by Snap Inc., originally Snapchat Inc. One of the principal features of Snapchat is that pictures and messages are usually only available for a short time before they become inaccessible to their recipients.

Original author(s): Evan Spiegel; Bobby Murphy; Reggie Brown

Developer(s): Snap Inc.

Initial release: September 2011; 9 years ago

Available in: 37 languages

Operating system: Android 4.4 or later; iOS 10 or later

Size: 78.73 MB (Android); 245 MB (iOS)


9. Telegram


Telegram is a free and open source, cross-platform, cloud-based instant messaging software. This service also provides end-to-end encrypted video calling, VoIP, file sharing and several other features. It was launched for iOS on 14 August 2013 and Android in October 2013. 

Initial release date: August 14, 2013

MacOS (Mac App Store): 7.7 / 30 April 2021; 58 days ago

Android (Telegram X): 0.23.7.1407 / 15 May 2020; 13 months ago

Android: 7.8.0 / 25 June 2021; 2 days ago


10. YouTube


YouTube is an American online video sharing and social media platform launched by Steve Chen, Chad Hurley, and Jawed Karim in February 2005. Its users watch more than one billion hours of videos each day. YouTube content creators, popularly referred to as YouTubers, upload over 500 hours of content per minute.

CEO: Susan Wojcicki (Feb 5, 2014–) Trending

Founded: February 14, 2005, San Mateo, California, United States

Parent organization: Google (2006–)

Headquarters: San Bruno, California, United States

Founders: Jawed Karim, Steve Chen, Chad Hurley

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