Frozen, Cy Crush Saga, Facebook dominate ay downloads in 2014

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Published 12 Dec 2014

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Elsa the Snow Queen is also ruling the kingdom of ay. Frozen was the most popular album movie of this year in the ay Store, according to ’s tabulation of digital favorites.

is highlighting the top apps, games, books, movies, newsst articles in a splashy infographic on its Android blog. Most of the winners aren’t huge surprises, like Facebook as the most popular social media app Cy Crush Saga as the number one game. ra was the top music download (a little surprising it wasn’t Spotify) NFMobile ruled the sports selection.

The fastest growing app category is Health Fitness, a sign of the increasing popularity of wearable devices.

The lking Dead was the top TV show,  Toy Story was singled out as the “Comeback Movie” for the year. The most popular Newsst articles were rather disappointing, dominated by list-type stories such as “50 More Awesome Facts (About Everything).”

The story behind the story: This annual list is another way for to tout the popularity of its own digital storefront. ay has been slowly catching up to Apple’s App Store in downloads revenue. As Android moves to wearables, cars, TV sets, it needs a robust app ecosystem to convince you to go all in.