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Published by Laura Ceci, Feb 5, 2024
In 2022, Instagram was the world's leading social media app, with 547 million downloads WhatsApp ranked second with 424 million downloads, while Telegram surpassed the remaining mobile versions of Meta-owned social media platforms Facebook and Messenger. Newcomer BeReal, a photo-sharing social media app launched in 2020, entered the ranking in tenth position with over 90 million global downloads during the examined year.
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Release date
January 2023
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Worldwide
Survey time period
2022
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According to the source: "All data is iOS + Google Play combined, except for data from China which is iOS only."
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