Was there an Amazon Echo in your stocking? Alexa tops the charts on the free apps list in Apple’s App Store suggesting it was a popular gift this holiday season – and Fitbit was the second hardware app to make the cut
- Apple’s App Store reveals the most popular free apps following Christmas Day
- Amazon’s Alexa and Fitbit apps were the top hardware related apps on the list
- This suggests that many people received a device for Christmas as a gift
- Facebook did not make the list for the second week in a row -it was ranked 13
A new report suggests many people’s stockings were stuffed with an Amazon Echo this holiday.
Apple’s App Store revealed that following Christmas Day, Amazon’s Alexa took the top spot followed by YoutTube and Snapchat.
Although Fitbit came in seventh, it was the second most popular hardware related app, suggesting many people may have also received it was gift this year.
Apple released its weekly roundup of the most popular apps in its App Store and last week Disney + reigned supreme, but just a day after Christmas, it was demoted to third by Amazon’s Alexa app and YouTube.
The report suggests that consumers had received an Amazon Echo for Christmas and needed the app to setup the device.
Apple revealed that following Christmas Day, Amazon’s Alexa took the top spot followed by YoutTube and Snapchat. Although Fitbit came in seventh, it was the second most popular hardware related app, suggesting many people received it was gift this year
Fitbit came in seventh, but was the second most popular hardware app.
The Fitbit device is paired with a smartphone app, allowing users to track and monitor their health.
On Black Friday, the Fitbit Inspire fitness tracker was 40 percent off the normal price on Amazon, which could be why the app make the most popular free apps list.
Also to make the top 10 list was Spotify (eighth), Google Home (ninth) and Netflix (10th).
Apple released its weekly roundup of the most popular apps in its App Store and last week Disney + reigned supreme, but just a day after Christmas, it was demoted to third by Amazon’s Alexa app and YouTube. The report suggests that consumers had received an Amazon Echo for Christmas and needed the app to setup the device
Fitbit came in seventh, but was the second most popular hardware app. The Fitbit device is paired with a smartphone app, allowing users to track and monitor their health
Facebook has been shunned from the list for the second week in the row – it was the 13th most popular free app.
However, other social apps seemed to climb the ladder – Snapchat rose to third from either, TikTok took fifth and Instagram came in sixth.
TikTok remains popular even in spite of controversies surrounding the app.
TikTok entered the top ten for the first time, claiming eighth spot behind more established social networks and messaging apps such as WhatsApp, Instagram, Snapchat and Facebook.
The controversial video-sharing app was fined $5.7 million in the US earlier this year for illegally gathering data on children, and has been banned in India amid fears it is being used to spread pornographic material.
It also stands accused of having secretly collected private user data in the US and transferring this to China in a new class-action lawsuit.