Google Play Turns 5, Here’s a Few Top 5 Lists to Celebrate

It really only seems like yesterday when Google announced that Android Market was turning into Google Play. I specifically recall many criticizing the change, but now here we are, five years later and Google Play is celebrating its fifth birthday. 

In a blog post highlighting the birthday, Google writes, “In five years, we’ve grown to more than 1 billion active users in 190 countries. And with millions of apps, 40 million songs, 5 million books, and more movies than ever, there’s so much to explore.”

Anyway, as a look back, Google also provided various lists for the Top 5 in each category: Top Installed Games, Top Installed Apps, Top Selling Songs, Movies, Books, and Albums. Sadly, it doesn’t look like we’re getting any $0.05 app or movie deals quite yet. C’mon, Google, show the love!

Google Play’s Top 5 US Lists to Celebrate Turning 5

Top Installed Games

1. Candy Crush Saga
2. Subway Surfers
3. Temple Run 2
4. Despicable Me
5. Clash of Clans

Top Installed Apps*

1. Facebook
2. Facebook Messenger
3. Pandora Radio
4. Instagram
5. Snapchat
   *Download only. Does not include pre-installed apps on Android devices.

Top Selling Songs

1. Ed Sheeran – Thinking Out Loud
2. Lorde – Royals
3. Taylor Swift – Blank Space
4. Mark Ronson feat. Bruno Mars – Uptown Funk
5. Pharrell Williams – Happy

Top Selling Albums

1. Adele – 25
2. Eminem – The Marshall Mathers LP2 (Deluxe)
3. Taylor Swift – 1989
4. Drake – If You’re Reading This It’s Too Late
5. Kendrick Lamar – To Pimp A Butterfly

Top Selling Movies

1. The Interview
2. Frozen
3. Deadpool
4. Star Wars: The Force Awakens
5. Guardians of the Galaxy

Top Selling Books

1. Fifty Shades of Grey, by E L James
2. The Hunger Games trilogy, by Suzanne Collins
3. A Game of Thrones, by George RR Martin
4. The Fault in Our Stars, by John Green
5. Gone Girl, by Gillian Flynn

Here’s to another fun five years, Google Play.

Via: Google