Apple Reveals Most Downloaded 2014 Mobile Apps, Movies, and More
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Many of these are unexpected:
iPad - Top Paid Minecraft – Pocket Edition, Mojang Cut the Rope 2, ZeptoLab UK Limited Heads Up!, Warner Bros. The Room Two, Fireproof Games Survivalcraft, Igor Kalicinski Notability, Ginger Labs Terraria, 505 Games (US), Inc. Plants vs. Zombies HD, PopCap Hide N Seek : Mini Game With Worldwide Multiplayer, wang wei Card Wars - Adventure Time, Cartoon Network iPhone - Top Paid Heads Up!, Warner Bros. Minecraft – Pocket Edition, Mojang Afterlight, Afterlight Collective, Inc Plague Inc., Ndemic Creations Sleep Cycle alarm clock, Northcube AB Facetune, Lightricks Ltd. Cut the Rope 2, ZeptoLab UK Limited Bloons TD 5, Ninja Kiwi A Dark Room, Amirali Rajan 7 Minute Workout Challenge, Fitness Guide Inc iPad - Top Free YouTube, Google, Inc. Netflix, Netflix, Inc. Calculator for iPad Free, International Travel Weather Calculator Skype for iPad, Skype Communications S.a.r.l Microsoft Word for iPad, Microsoft Corporation Facebook Messenger, Facebook, Inc. Facebook, Facebook, Inc. Candy Crush Saga, King.com Limited Chrome - web browser by Google, Google, Inc. Clash of Clans, Supercell iPhone - Top Free Facebook Messenger, Facebook, Inc. Snapchat, Snapchat, Inc. YouTube, Google, Inc. Facebook, Facebook, Inc. Instagram, Instagram, Inc. Pandora Radio, Pandora Media, Inc. Google Maps, Google, Inc. Flipagram, Cheerful, Inc. Spotify Music, Spotify Ltd. 2048, Ketchapp Most Downloaded Songs Happy (From "Despicable Me 2"), Pharrell Williams All of Me, John Legend Dark Horse (feat. Juicy J), Katy Perry Talk Dirty (feat. 2 Chainz), Jason Derulo Fancy (feat. Charli XCX), Iggy Azalea Problem (feat. Iggy Azalea), Ariana Grande All About That Bass, Meghan Trainor Let It Go, Idina Menzel Turn Down For What, DJ Snake & Lil Jon Rude, MAGIC! Most Downloaded Albums Frozen, Various Artists 1989, Taylor Swift Ghost Stories, Coldplay In the Lonely Hour , Sam Smith Guardians of the Galaxy: Awesome Mix, Vol. 1 (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack), Various Artists BEYONCÉ, Beyoncé Pure Heroine, Lorde x (Deluxe Edition), Ed Sheeran The Outsiders, Eric Church 5 Seconds of Summer (Bonus Track Version), 5 Seconds of Summer Most Downloaded Films Frozen The Lego Movie The Wolf of Wall Street The Hunger Games: Catching Fire Neighbors Thor: The Dark World Captain America: The Winter Soldier Lone Survivor Divergent The Guardians of the Galaxy Most Downloaded Indie Films Dallas Buyers Club 12 Years a Slave The Grand Budapest Hotel Snowpiercer Chef Blue Jasmine Her Enough Said August: Osage County Bad Words Most Downloaded Shows Game of Thrones (S3) The Walking Dead (S5) Downton Abbey (S4) Breaking Bad (Deluxe Edition: The Final Season) Scandal (S4) Sons of Anarchy (S7) The Big Bang Theory (S8) Mad Men (The Final Season) Homeland (S3) Modern Family (S6) Most Downloaded Books (Fiction) The Fault in Our Stars, John Green (Children & Teens) Gone Girl, Gillian Flynn (Mysteries & Thrillers) Insurgent, Veronica Roth (Children & Teens) Allegiant, Veronica Roth (Children & Teens) Divergent, Veronica Roth (Children & Teens) The Goldfinch, Donna Tartt (Fiction & Literature) The Target, David Baldacci (Mysteries & Thrillers) The Invention of Wings, Sue Monk Kidd (Fiction & Literature) The Husband's Secret, Liane Moriarty (Fiction & Literature) Fifty Shades of Grey, E L James (Romance) Most Downloaded Books (Non-Fiction) Flash Boys: A Wall Street Revolt, Michael Lewis (Business & Personal Finance) Unbroken, Laura Hillenbrand (Biographies & Memoirs) Lone Survivor, Patrick Robinson,Marcus Luttrell (Biographies & Memoirs) Heaven is for Real, Todd Burpo,Lynn Vincent (Religion & Spirituality) Duty, Robert M. Gates (Biographies & Memoirs) Killing Patton, Martin Dugard,Bill O'Reilly (Biographies & Memoirs) Killing Jesus, Martin Dugard,Bill O'Reilly (History) Uganda Be Kidding Me, Chelsea Handler (Humor) David and Goliath, Malcolm Gladwell (Health, Mind & Body) The Boys in the Boat, Daniel James Brown (Sports & Outdoors) Most Downloaded Books (Free) Private, Maxine Paetro,James Patterson (Mysteries & Thrillers) Pretty Little Liars, Sara Shepard (Children & Teens) Justice League: Origin, Jim Lee,Geoff Johns (Comics & Graphic Novels) Lost in Shangri-La, Mitchell Zuckoff (History) Twenty-Eight and a Half Wishes, Denise Grover Swank (Mysteries & Thrillers) The Swift Programming Language, Apple Inc. (Computers & Internet) Be My Love, Lucy Kevin (Romance) 100 Quotations to Make You Think!, Wolfgang Riebe (Health, Mind & Body) Best Jokes 2014, Various Authors (Humor) iPhone User Guide For iOS 8.1, Apple Inc. (Computers & Internet) Most Downloaded Audio Books Divergent (Unabridged), Veronica Roth (Kids & Young Adults) Gone Girl: A Novel (Unabridged), Gillian Flynn (Mystery) Insurgent: Divergent, Book 2 (Unabridged), Veronica Roth (Kids & Young Adults) The Fault in Our Stars (Unabridged), John Green (Kids & Young Adults) Allegiant: Divergent Trilogy, Book 3 (Unabridged), Veronica Roth (Kids & Young Adults) Fifty Shades of Grey: Book One of the Fifty Shades Trilogy (Unabridged), E L James (Romance) Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption (Unabridged), Laura Hillenbrand (History) A Game of Thrones: A Song of Ice and Fire, Book 1 (Unabridged), George R. R. Martin (Sci Fi & Fantasy) Mockingjay: The Final Book of the Hunger Games (Unabridged), Suzanne Collins (Kids & Young Adults) Bossypants (Unabridged), Tina Fey (Comedy) Most Downloaded Podcasts NPR Programs: Fresh Air Podcast, NPR Stuff You Should Know, HowStuffWorks.com The Joe Rogan Experience, Joe Rogan The Adam Carolla Show, Carolla Digital This American Life, WBEZ Radiolab from WNYC, WNYC Freakonomics Radio, WNYC The Nerdist, Nerdist Industries NPR: Planet Money Podcast, NPR NPR: Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me! Podcast, NPR
Apple also publishes the iPad apps it thinks are the best quality:
http://www.businessinsider.com/best-ipad-apps-of-the-year-according-to-apple-2014-2014-12?op=1
9 of the top 10 mobile apps are owned by Facebook or Google:
http://www.nielsen.com/us/en/insights/news/2014/tops-of-2014-digital.html
12:18 PM Dec 11 2014