Top ten applications in the Android market have been announced

17 December 2008 by Staff Editor

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The top ten applications in the Android Market have finally been figured out. With the Android market still in the early stages this is no grand achievement, but it really puts the most popular apps into perspective for us. For instance, we expected an award winning application to be number one, but the coveted first place was swooped by the Namco classic Pac-Man with more than 250,000 total downloads.

According to a report done by Medialets, the top ten most frequently downloaded applications for Android are as follows:

Pac-Man by Namco

MySpace Mobile

The Weather Channel

ShopSavvy

Ringdroid

imeem Mobile

Shazam

Rings Extended

Bonsai Blast

Brain Genius Deluxe

Now MySpace Mobile is the application that we expected to take the number one spot on the list. MySpace applications always make it to the top three applications, usually behind the Facebook application. ShopSavvy was also another application we expected to be filling the top three spots, but somehow it made it to number 4 on the list. Ringdroid, imeem Mobile and Shazam were sure bets as all three of these applications hit on very key points for mobile phones such as free ringtones.

Shazam has been doing very well on other handsets such as the iPhone. Brain Genius Deluxe was another huge hit among other handsets and a great game to play. We suspect that this game will remain one of the most popular games on Android for quite some time. Let us know what Android applications you enjoy most.

[Via Medialets]

Join the Discussion (20 comments)

sunsguy

12-17-2008 02:16 AM

Looks good. Cant wait for the paid apps! I just hope I don't go broke
lwilson

12-17-2008 03:50 AM

I expected ShopSavvy and Shazam to be the top 2; those are my favorite. I finally played Pac-Man about an hour ago (ironically), and am totally addicted. It's the actual game; not a cheap knock off. Awesome.
damnitpud

12-17-2008 08:09 AM

Haha the only top app i have on my phone is Ringdroid! damn market stinks right now.
ghoonk

12-17-2008 09:01 AM

I'd debate that on subjectivity - I have Ringdroid, BuddyMob, ToggleSettings, StarContact, Accuweather, My Maps Editor, Picasa, PicSay, Pkt Auctions eBay, PixelPipe, SnapPhoto and WikiTap, most of which I use at least once every 2 days.
ultra spikey

12-17-2008 09:04 AM

helloAIM should be on that list
MobileMan

12-17-2008 09:18 AM

I was hoping Shazam made the list.
LazyGenius

12-17-2008 11:03 AM

"chomp sms" just got a vk... and a pretty good 1 at that... its on my top ten list now...
ickyfehmleh

12-17-2008 12:30 PM

What, no GasBot?
Kael29

12-17-2008 12:43 PM

Myspace Mobile? Most of those comments are negative about how slow the app is. Plus, it's one of the only ones in the list with a below 4-star rating.

Should *not* be #2.
crunkcory

12-17-2008 01:01 PM

First of all I was suprised that it was Shop Savvy and not Compare Everywhere on the top 10. Compare Everywhere is way better of a program than Shop Savvy. Another app that I was suprised not to see was Chomp SMS. This app is amazing. Not only does it have an excellent UI with chat bubbles like the iphone has, also it now features an on screen keyboard!!!!

Also the browser alternative Steel IMO should have made the list as well.
crunkcory

12-17-2008 01:02 PM

Gasbot requires you to pay for it, when you can easily go to gasbuddytogo.com and get the same thing for free
TheBlur

12-17-2008 01:04 PM

I wonder how they got their numbers because if you sort by popularity on the android market it shows The Weather Channel as #1, ShopSavvy as #2, and MySpace as #3.
That would mean that the list should be
1 - Pac-Man
2 - Weather Channel
3 - ShopSavvy
4 - MySpace

TheBlur

12-17-2008 01:23 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by crunkcory

First of all I was suprised that it was Shop Savvy and not Compare Everywhere on the top 10. Compare Everywhere is way better of a program than Shop Savvy. Another app that I was suprised not to see was Chomp SMS. This app is amazing. Not only does it have an excellent UI with chat bubbles like the iphone has, also it now features an on screen keyboard!!!!

Also the browser alternative Steel IMO should have made the list as well.

Wow! Thanks for introducing me to Chomp SMS. I think I had tried it when it originally came out but then uninstalled it and totally forgot about it.

tiki

12-17-2008 07:19 PM

HelloAim would quickly become #1 if they can get that thing to stay connected.. they are soooo close!
drewdeal

12-22-2008 08:53 PM

tell me what you all think about a talk radio app that highlights TiVO-like controls and leverages UGC responses to really help people make their G1 the new AM radio for interactive talk?

We are looking to expand on our phone app at CelleCast... Need feedback on what kind of market there is for this.
constellanation

12-22-2008 09:54 PM

a? m? radio? you mean like in the morning?

i kid, ummm personally speaking i never listen to any radio except the occasional npr cast, if you could improve on the npr app out there then i'd hop on board, but i have a general rule- don't listen to talk radio! sorry if thats offensive i don't mean it to be, i just don't like any radio in general
scrannel

12-25-2008 11:20 AM

Looking at this list simply reaffirms that most people see the G1 as a toy, rather than a real smart phone one can use in a business environ.
DaYuMu6ft7

01-05-2009 03:10 PM

This list should be Updated !?

Dixie

01-05-2009 03:31 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by scrannel

Looking at this list simply reaffirms that most people see the G1 as a toy, rather than a real smart phone one can use in a business environ.

Thats a good point... especially since if you had looked at my phone on day 2, I probably had all of those... it was my "playing period"... now I only have 2 of that list left... one of which will probably be ditched by the end of the week!