This list of most-downloaded Google Play Store applications includes most of the free apps that have been downloaded at least 500 million times. As of 2024, thousands of Android applications have surpassed the one-million download milestone, with a significant subset reaching even higher thresholds. For context, in July 2017 there were 319 apps which had been downloaded at least 100 million times, and 4,098 apps had been downloaded at least ten million times. The 500-million download threshold for free applications has been established, as of 2024, to maintain the list's manageability and focus on the most widely distributed apps. It's worth noting that many of the applications in this list are distributed pre-installed on top-selling Android devices and may be considered bloatware by some people because users did not actively choose to download them. The table below shows the number of Google Play apps in each category.
These lists are of the apps in Google Play that are free, and have at least 500 million downloads on unique Android devices:
These are the Google Play apps with more than ten billion downloads on unique devices:
These are the Google Play apps with more than five billion downloads, but less than ten billion downloads on unique devices:
These are the Google Play apps with more than one billion downloads, but less than five billion downloads on unique devices:
This is the list of the Google Play apps with more than 500 million, and less than one billion downloads on unique devices:
This is the list of those apps in Google Play which are paid, and have at least 1 million downloads on unique Android Devices:
This is the list of the Google Play paid apps with more than ten million or more downloads on unique devices:
This is the list of the Google Play paid apps with more than 5 million and less than ten million downloads on unique devices:
This is the list of the Google Play paid apps with more than 1 million and less than five million downloads on unique devices: