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Facebook most-downloaded app in India in 2016

However, WhatsApp was the most used app; Netflix topped on revenue on Google Play

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Urvi Malvania Mumbai
India’s app market grew massively, outpacing the US as the No 1 country on Google Play, with over six billion downloads in 2016, a huge jump from 3.5 billion in 2015. 

According to a report by App Annie, Facebook was the most-downloaded app (combining Google Play and iOS platforms) in India in 2016. It was the top-ranked app company in India while Kings’ (acquired by Facebook) Candy Crush Soda was the most dowloaded game. When it came to which app was most used on iPhones in India, it was once again a Facebook company, Whatsapp Messenger. Facebook was in the second