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Apple's top iPhone apps of 2018 are out.
Apple’s top iPhone apps of 2018 are out.

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YouTube can now add “most popular iPhone app of the year” to its list of accomplishments.

Apple just released its lists for the most downloaded apps of 2018 and YouTube took the number one spot, beating out Facebook, Instagram and Snapchat for the honor. 

YouTube held the #3 spot last year, when Bitmoji and Snapchat came in at #1 and #2 respectively. This year, Snapchat dropped to third place and Bitmoji down to sixth, with Instagram climbing to the #2 slot.

These are the top 20 free apps of the year, according to Apple

  1. YouTube

  2. Instagram

  3. Snapchat

  4. Messenger

  5. Facebook

  6. Bitmoji

  7. Netflix

  8. Google Maps

  9. Gmail

  10. Spotify Music

  11. Amazon

  12. Uber

  13. WhatsApp Messenger

  14. Pandora 

  15. Wish 

  16. TikTok 

  17. Cash App

  18. Google Photos

  19. Google Chrome

  20. Twitter

While there aren’t many surprises on that list, it’s notable that YouTube has now edged out Instagram and Snapchat. Though not a new app by any means, YouTube is increasingly becoming the app social media companies need to compete with. Earlier this year, a Pew poll found that YouTube is the most-used app among teens. 

Two other notable additions this year include TikTok, the music video app formerly known as Musicall.y, and Cash App, Square’s P2P payments app.

Over on the paid app charts, photography apps once again came out on top. The most popular paid app was (for the second year in a row) Facetune, followed by special effects app kirakira+.

Like last year, Apple also released separate rankings for games where — surprise, surprise — Fortnite took the top spot for free apps. Also making the list was PUBG and HQ Trivia.

The full list of the top 20 most downloaded free games is below:

  1. Fortnite

  2. Helix Jump

  3. Rise Up

  4. PUBG MOBILE

  5. Hole.io

  6. Love Balls

  7. Snake VS Block

  8. Rules of Survival

  9. ROBLOX

  10. Dune!

  11. Subway Surfers

  12. Episode 

  13. Word Link 

  14. Toon Blast

  15. Color Road!

  16. HQ Trivia

  17. Twisty Road!

  18. 8 Ball Pool™

  19. Kick the Buddy

  20. Sniper 3D Assassin: Gun Games

In addition, Apple’s App Store editors also announced their own picks for the best apps of the year. They named sketching app Procreate Pocket as the overall best iPhone app of the year and Donut Country the top game. 

You can check out the full rankings over on iTunes, where you can also view the most popular podcasts, books, films and television shows.

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