Top 7 Android Apps By Age: Nielsen

On Monday, Nielsen released the results of a study on the most popular smartphone apps in the Android market. The rankings were based on how many people had used the app during the previous 30 days. The data was collected through proprietary device meters that had already been installed on the participants' phones as part of an ongoing smartphone study.

The results were broken down by age groups: 18 - 24, 25 - 34 and 35 - 44. Several of the apps were similarly popular across all three groups. Facebook and Gmail, for example, had been used by at least 70 percent of all participants, regardless of age. Other apps showed more surprising results. Angry Birds was most popular among the oldest group, (35 percent of 35 - 44-year-olds had used it) and least popular in the younger demographic (22 percent of 18 - 24-year olds had used it).

When compared to the top free iPhone apps, the results indicate that Android users are somewhat less creative than iPhone users when it comes to their application choices. Six of the top seven most-used Android apps come pre-installed on Android phones, while none of the top seven iPhone apps come preloaded.

This wasn't the only difference between iPhone and Android app users. iPhone users showed a preference for entertainment related apps like Netflix, Pandora and Words With Friends, while Android owners were more interested in basic social and location apps like Facebook, Gmail and Google Maps. Which probably hasn't escaped the notice of developers. Just last week, Facebook released a revamped version of the their Android app, which they promised would be easier and much quicker than the previous version.

Check out our slideshow below to see the most used Android apps for people aged 25 - 34.

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[alana24]

02:55 AM on 03/16/2012

I really want to try angry birds i read about it in this site http://galaxyis.com
but my smartphone is broken need money to fix it :p

[virt hdd]

10:43 PM on 12/28/2011

I would have thought that yahoo would have been higher in the list.

Access your home PC from your Android device by using the 2X client App from
http://www.2x.com
also has client for iOS. Voted 20th overall best Android App!

[Alexandra Falch]

04:59 AM on 12/21/2011

wow, someone used 3 seconds on research... as most are installed allready to begin with!

[bluevistas]

12:16 PM on 12/15/2011

this article just is not at all helpful. Most of these apps are pre-installed anyhow.... author--keep digging!

[Rich Phitzwell]

12:10 PM on 12/15/2011

in further news the preferred way to surf the interwebs is with a "browser".

[Andrew Boylan]

12:05 PM on 12/15/2011

this is the most obvious list ever.

[M A Ross]

10:11 AM on 12/15/2011

My top apps for my HTC Tilt2

1. 'Home Screen Customizer' by Danny Su
2. 'SPB Time' by SPB Inc
3. 'Next2Me' by It doesn't say... :(
4. 'SKTools' by SKKV Software
5. 'Tip Calculator' by It doesn't say... :(
6. 'Mobile Translator' by Rick Engle
7. 'Fruit Salad' by Mastersoft

~ See a better list of fun and useful apps.

[retrievals]

09:33 AM on 12/15/2011

Drop Dox is the app I appreciate most. Not having to plug your phone into your PC to download docs and pics from or to your PC is soooo nice.

[Blake Bradley]

09:32 AM on 12/15/2011

This just in.... iPhone users read this article and think android users are lame, while android users read this article and realize Huffington Post writers are lame...

[Sanders McGrillin]

08:27 PM on 12/15/2011

lol, good call

[JohnTheMac]

07:25 AM on 12/16/2011

Not really, if they read the article.
It tracked the apps most used, most often. These are probably 'universally' the common apps you actually use the most, Android or any OS.

[Bunny Tickle Britches]

08:41 AM on 12/15/2011

Vlingo should have made the list. Great app.

[Matt Ballek]

08:37 AM on 12/15/2011

My favorite Android app is Android. This list is dumb.

[oxideous]

08:23 AM on 12/15/2011

This might be the worst list I have ever seen. Practically all these apps come with the phone!

[dkloke]

05:21 AM on 12/15/2011

The new smartphones are truly marvels of technology.

And completely wasted on 98.87% of the people that own them. The other 1.13% could also live without them.

The resources used to manufacture them, and to support the telecommunications and storage networks they rely on, the hidden costs of these things are huge.

Angry Birds? Really?

[DrDave]

04:41 AM on 12/15/2011

Well, at least someone downloaded the dumb article app.

[gnolema5011]

07:11 AM on 12/15/2011

I can't believe I wasted 30 seconds of my life looking at that slideshow. "Top 7 Android Apps! (That come with the phone and everybody uses on a regular computer too!)"

[Blake Bradley]

01:59 AM on 12/15/2011

And in other news, iPhone users tend to eat many different foods when going to a buffet, while android users tend to prepare simple meals while at home.