Google Maps Tops in 2021 as Most-Downloaded Travel App
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Google Maps was the most-downloaded travel app in the world in 2021 with 106 million downloads, edging Uber, which held that distinction in 2020.
In fact transportation apps, including Google Maps, Uber, Didi, Bolt, Lyft, Where Is My Train, and Grab took seven of the top 10 positions in 2021, according to Apptopia.com.
Of course, you can argue that navigation and ridesharing apps aren't "travel," but they certainly bleed into the category. All of these apps are used by locals and travelers.
(See travel and online travel agency apps with the most downloads globally in two charts below.)
Download statistics aren't purely a function of popularity; they also reflect how much marketing resources companies devote to attracting these installs.
In October, Sundar Pichai, CEO of Google's parent, Alphabet, said Google Map
