Google dominates Nielsen's Android reach rankings

Summary: Facebook reach is 81 percent among women on Android compared to 66.9 percent with men. Google+ has a male reach of 15.9 percent, more than double the female tally.

By Larry Dignan for Between the Lines | September 13, 2011 -- 05:19 GMT (22:19 PDT)

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Google's related apps dominate the Android ecosystem with only Facebook cracking the top five in overall reach, according to Nielsen data.

Nielsen on Tuesday released its Android app reach rankings. The rankings are based on metered smartphones.

The top 20 Android apps like this:

A few points worth noting:

Google Maps is more popular among men than women.
Facebook reach is 81 percent among women compared to 66.9 percent with men.
Google+ has a male reach of 15.9 percent among men and 7.2 percent among women.
Advanced Task Killer Free has a 26.1 percent reach overall and is popular among men and women. This app exists only because Android doesn't apps don't know when to quit.
Amazon's AppStore has a solid reach of 17.7 percent, but the Android market remains tops by a wide margin.

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RE: Google dominates Nielsen's Android reach rankings

Kudos to Google

Choice brought to you by Google
Hooah!

daikon

13 September, 2011 05:38

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Google propaganda

Comparing Google+ to Facebook does far too much credit to Google+.

Facebook totally dominates time spent online, and Google is not even in the top two.

And bear in mind that Facebook is part-owned by and closely partnered with Microsoft, and the search on Facebook and other features are powered by Bing.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/facebook/8759522/Facebook-dominates-time-spent-online.html