Facebook’s ranking for app downloads drops to new record low

Post by Bilal_io » Sun, Apr 24, 2022, 11:59 AM UTC

xmprt wrote: post #4

invalidname wrote: post #2

I uninstalled it. Even my spouse uninstalled it. I still have the account since it's tied to pages etc. My spouse still uses it a bit for work, but overall a lot less. Some of that moved to Instagram but not for us. No Facebook makes me much happier. I think we're still outliers but I do think this is becoming more common. Smarter people understand what's underlying these networks and try to avoid them.

I don't think you're an outlier. If anything, you're the majority. Most people I know use Facebook and Instagram sparingly and communicate with friends directly using Snapchat, iMessage, Messenger, or Whatsapp. It's not a complete shunning of Facebook/Meta (that feels like an outlier to me) but it's also not using Facebook the way Meta wants you to. They can't show ads in messages (yet).

Post by mromanuk » Sun, Apr 24, 2022, 12:43 PM UTC

laser wrote: post #18

This is purely related to Apple's App Store suddenly changing the way they rank apps and has no bearing on install volumes. Based on what I'm seeing if I had to guess they're more heavily weighting growth and discounting DAUs relative weighting. This potentially does make some sense if the App Store wants to surface and support newer/more rapidly growing apps at the expense of established applications probably with t…

Post by impulser_ » Mon, Apr 25, 2022, 3:31 AM UTC

phoe18 wrote: post #30

impulser_ wrote: post #21

Facebook was the most used monthly mobile app worldwide Q12022. WhatsApp was the second. Instagram was the third. I bet the fourth will blow your mind... It's Facebook Messenger.

Do you have a source for this? I find it hard to believe.