Apple’s iPhone App Store has been around for a decade, and there have been certainly some short-lived fads on it over the years.
Remember when Draw Something was a big enough trend some companies were using it to hire? Or when Slither.io updated the classic Snake game and made it massively multiplayer?
In honor of the App Store’s 10th birthday, analytics firm Sensor Tower has put together a list of apps that have spent the most time at No. 1 on the App Store since 2010, which is when advanced analytics became available for the first time.
That means that these are the apps that were the most popular free apps in the United States for weeks. How many have you downloaded? How many do you still have on your phone?
Let’s start with the top 10 free apps of all-time on Apple’s App Store:
10. Pokémon Go
Pokémon Go has spent 29 weeks as the No. 1 free app. You can download it here.
9. Temple Run
Temple Run has spent 30 weeks as the No. 1 free app. You can download it here.
8. Slither.io
Slither.io has spent 34 weeks as the No. 1 free app. You can download it here.
7. Minion Rush
Minion Rush has spent 36 weeks as the No. 1 free app. You can download it here.
6. Snapchat
Snapchat has spent 37 weeks as the No. 1 free app. You can download it here.
5. Draw Something
Draw Something spent 38 weeks as the No. 1 free app, mostly during 2012, when it became a craze. You can download it here.
4. Trivia Crack
Trivia Crack has spent 66 weeks as the No. 1 free app. You can download it here.
3. YouTube
YouTube has spent 107 weeks as the No. 1 free app. You can download it here.
2. Bitmoji
Bitmoji has spent 109 weeks as the No. 1 free app. You can download it here.
1. Facebook Messenger
Facebook Messenger has spent 217 weeks as the No. 1 free app. You can download it here.
Here's the full chart:
More analysis is available on Sensor Tower.