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App Annie: The biggest apps and games of the decade

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Mobile apps and games have had a very big decade, and App Annie has some data that tells us what we’ve been obsessed with for the past 10 years. Netflix is the No. 1 app of the decade in consumer spending, while Clash of Clans took the No. 1 spot for consumer spending on games, according to mobile market data and analytics firm App Annie.

When it comes to downloads, Facebook was the No. 1 app of the decade, and Subway Surfers was the No. 1 game of the decade. Mobile was at the heart of behavioral and cultural changes in the past 10 years, and these top apps and games reflect that, said Amir Ghodrati, director of market insights at App Annie, in an interview with GamesBeat.

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.