These Are Apple's Best of 2016 Across Apps, Music, And Movies
Apple has unveiled its Best of 2016 lists, celebrating the most downloaded apps, music, movies, TV shows, books and podcasts across the App Store, iTunes and iBooks.
Here are the top 10 downloaded apps of 2016:
- Snapchat
- Messenger
- Pokemon GO
- YouTube
- Google Maps
- Pandora
- Netflix
- Spotify Music
Snapchat is the most downloaded free iPhone app, while the craze of the summer, Pokemon GO, unsurprisingly lands on both the iPhone and iPad charts. The top paid iPhone apps cover a range of categories, with FaceTune, Heads Up!, 7 Minute Workout Challenge, KIMOJI, Geometry Dash and Face Swap Live among the top 10. Minecraft: Pocket Edition is the most downloaded paid iPad app, while YouTube is the top free iPad app.
On Apple Music, Drake dominates the top song and album spots with "One Dance" and Views, respectively, while the Hamilton soundtrack is also a top-selling album. The Chainsmokers have two of the top 10 songs this year, and music fans still can't get enough of Adele's 25, Rihanna's ANTI and Frank Ocean?s Blonde. The Beats 1 team will be counting down the biggest songs on the station in 2016 with a special Best of Beats 1 show on December 7.
App Store editors reveal their App of the Year picks for 2016, including Prisma for iPhone, Sketchbook Motion for iPad, Twitter for Apple TV, MySwimPro - Personal Swim Trainer for Apple Watch and Bear for Mac. Game of the Year selections include Clash Royale for iPhone, Severed for iPad, Riptide GP: Renegade for Apple TV, Field Day for Apple Watch and Life Is Strange for Mac.
The editors of iTunes Movies recognize inventive films like La La Land, Moonlight, Zootopia and Sing Street, and the top-selling charts feature huge blockbuster hits to buzzworthy indie titles, from Star Wars: The Force Awakens and Deadpool to Spotlight and The Hateful Eight.
iTunes TV's top editorial picks include shows like Full Frontal with Samantha Bee and Atlanta, while longtime TV favorites Game of Thrones, The Walking Dead and Downton Abbey are top sellers.
Podcasts hit a milestone in 2016: globally, Apple listeners consumed over 10 billion downloads and streams over the past 12 months via iPhone, iPad, Apple TV and desktop. Fresh Air from NPR is the top downloaded podcast of the year.
This year's editorial selections on iBooks include titles such as Homegoing, Evicted, Born to Run and If I Was Your Girl. The Girl on the Train is the top-seller in fiction and audiobooks, while readers continue to be moved by When Breath Becomes Air, the best-selling nonfiction title.