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title: "Google Play Turns Five: Most Popular Games and Apps Revealed"
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published: "2017-03-07T14:34:44+08:00"
updated: "2026-03-17T23:04:42.976Z"
canonical: "https://accordhk.com/blog/google-play-turns-five-most-popular-games-and-apps-revealed-191"
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# Google Play Turns Five: Most Popular Games and Apps Revealed

Google Play marked its fifth anniversary with rankings of its five most-downloaded games and five apps. The familiar names were ranked using download figures from the US market only.

## In brief

Google Play's fifth-anniversary rankings list the five most-downloaded games and five apps separately, using US download figures only. Google renamed Android Market to Google Play on March 6, 2012.

[Androird](<http://android-app-development-hk.com>) devices rely on the Google Play store, which recently celebrated its fifth anniversary. Before 2012, the Android platform's [App Store ](<http://hongkongmobileapps.com>)was known as [Android Market](<http://hkmobileapps.com>). On March 6, 2012, Google officially renamed Android Market to the Google Play store. To mark the fifth anniversary of the [GooglePlay](<http://android-app-development-hk.com>) store, [Google](<http://android-app-development-hk.com>) released rankings of the five most popular, most-downloaded [games](<http://mobileapplicationdevelopmentcompanyhk.com>) and five [apps](<http://appdeveloperhk.com>) over those five years.

All the apps and games in the rankings are familiar names, and many of them may still have a place on your [phone](<http://mobile-application-development-company.com>).

Games installed by the most users on the Google Play store:  

1) Candy Crush Saga  

2) Subway Surfers  

3) Temple Run 2  

4) Despicable Me  

5) Clash of Clans

Apps installed by the most users on the Google Play store:  

1) Facebook  

2) Facebook Messenger  

3) Pandora Radio  

4) Instagram  

5) Snapchat

Note: Download figures cover the US market only.

http://www.eprice.com.tw/mobile/talk/102/5016070/1/

## Frequently asked questions

### Which market do the download figures cover?

The article states that the download figures cover the US market only.

### When did Android Market become Google Play?

Google officially renamed Android Market to Google Play on March 6, 2012.

### What do the fifth-anniversary rankings include?

They separately list the five most-downloaded games and five most-downloaded apps over those five years.