Instagram is the App Americans Want to Delete Most | PetaPixel

New data reveals that Instagram is the app that people in the U.S. want to delete more than any other. Cybersecurity website VPNOverview analyzed the top 30 most popular apps people wanted to delete in the U.S. over a six-month period based on the number of times search inquiries containing the words “delete” and “deactivate” popped up for each state using keywordtool.io and data from Similarweb. According to a report published by VPNOverview last month, Instagram had the highest search volume for “deleting” and “deactivating” the app at 900,120 searches across the country over six months. Facebook came in at a distant second with 385,410 searches. Meanwhile, there were 217,400 searches for deleting or deactivating Snapchat, 92,490 for Twitter, and 24,819 for Telegram. However, according to VPNOverview’s research, TikTok only had a “marginal delete search,” with just over 14,000 searches for deleting or deactivating the app. Of those searches, 6,320 were for “delete TikTok account.” Most-Hated App? VPNOverview notes that Instagram had the most nationwide searches for “deleting” and “deactivating,” despite the Meta-owned app ranking as the most popular app of 2022 with over 11.8 million downloads on average each month. According to the cybersecurity website, disinformation, fake followers, NFTs
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