According to an AppTopia report, Spotify was downloaded 203 million times throughout 2021. This Swedish application was recorded as the most downloaded music and audio application globally last year.
Next is Resso, a music application owned by Bytedance, the company that also developed TikTok.
Launched in May 2019, Resso has been downloaded 85 million times throughout 2021, despite only being available in Brazil, Indonesia, and India.
YouTube Music ranked third with a total of 79 million downloads, followed by StarMaker with 76 million downloads, and Shazam with 75 million downloads.
SoundCloud also recorded 52 million downloads, Amazon Music 44 million downloads, Wink Music and Music Player each with 38.2 million and 38 million downloads respectively, and JioSaavn with 35 million downloads.