Apple has revealed the most popular apps, movies, and music on its App Store for 2017.
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The most popular album on Apple Music was Drake’s More Life, while the top song for the year was Ed Sheeran’s Shape of You.
Moana was the top movie of the year, followed by Rogue One: A Star Wars Story and Wonder Woman.
The most popular TV shows on iTunes included Game of Thrones, The Walking Dead, and Big Little Lies.
Editorial app awards
Apple also selected its favourite games and apps of 2017, detailed below.
- 2017 iPhone App of the Year – Splitter Critters
- 2017 iPad App of the Year – Affinity Photo
- 2017 iPad Game of the Year – The Witness
Popular Mac Games 2017 List
Most popular apps
The most popular apps on the App Store included social media apps like Snapchat, Messenger, Facebook, and Instagram.
Bitmoji and Wish also made an appearance in the list of most popular apps, along with both Uber and Lyft.
Apple’s most popular apps of 2017 are listed below.
- Bitmoji
- Snapchat
- YouTube
- Messenger
- Google Maps
- Netflix
- Spotify Music
- Uber
- Gmail
- Pandora Music
- Amazon
- Wish
- SoundCloud
- Google Chrome
- Waze
- Lyft
Most popular games
Super Mario Run and Snake VS Block topped the charts of most popular games for 2017, along with 8 Ball Pool, Ballz, and Subway Surfers.
Most Popular Mac Games
- Super Mario Run
- 8 Ball Pool
- Snake VS Block
- Ballz
- Word Cookies!
- Subway Surfers
- Episode ft. Pitch Perfect
- Rolling Sky
- Block! Hexa Puzzle
- Paper.io
- Solitaire
- Bowmasters – Multiplayer Game
- Color Switch
- Piano Tiles 2
- Choices: Stories You Play
- Roll the Ball – Slide Puzzle
- Clash Royale
- ROBLOX
- Word Connect
- Candy Crush Saga