Facebook struggles to maintain position in US App Store – InfotechLead

Meta-owned Facebook is struggling to maintain its position among the Top 10 apps on the US App Store this year. The demand for Facebook is diminishing as younger consumers are shifting to newer social networking experiences like TikTok and BeReal. Last year, Facebook only fell out of the Top 10 free iPhone apps in the US seven times. In 2022, the drop in its position in the Top 10 free iPhone apps has already soared to 97 — an indication that Facebook may be losing ground as new apps push their way into the App Store’s top rankings. For a more direct comparison, Facebook’s app fell out of the App Store’s Top 10 apps six times in the first half of 2021. In the first half of 2022, however, Facebook’s app has dropped out of this grouping a total of 59 times, according to a news report in TechCrunch — based on the analysis by app intelligence firm Sensor Tower. Facebook once stayed out of the Top 10 for as long as 37 consecutive days in 2022, up from just two consecutive days in 2021. Analysis provided by another App Store data provider, data.ai supported this conclusion — though it…
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