Undoubtedly, the Cambridge Analytica scandal took Facebook to its worst crisis, not to mention the fact that the company was the victim of the #DeleteFacebook campaign, where many users and businesses were proposing to stop using social media. However, the app has overcome these bleak moments, and has been the most successful of the last few years.

AppAnnie measures the success of an app based on its downloads. He says Facebook is the most downloaded app in the decade. In addition, its other products are in the top 5, and are dominant in the app stores market.

The decade comes to an end or starts with 2020 - there is debate here as it usually ends in the 9th year - but it is a good excuse to know the list of the most downloaded applications in the world in the last 10 years. It should be noted, in this regard, that AppAnnie only provides job information, not the number of downloads.

1. Facebook:
   It has been the most downloaded mobile application that manages the largest social network on the planet for a decade. He hedged the company against the perfect storm, where the privacy of its users was called into question, as Mark Zuckerberg's company continually adds users, while providing attractive revenue to its shareholders. Network users seem to be seeing improvements in maintaining privacy or accepting that uploading things to the wall is priceless.
    
2. Facebook Messenger
   Facebook's messaging platform often goes unnoticed, but is prevalent in countries like the United States, far behind, in terms of number of users, any other application. Messenger is a simple, straightforward, multifunctional, and often best way to contact a person who is simply unknown.
    
3. WhatsApp
   Facebook's clear dominance in mobile apps continues with WhatsApp. This application does not require much explanation in the Spanish and Latin American markets, where it has become the standard of communication between its citizens. Surprisingly, the use of this platform in the United States and in some European markets is relatively marginal. WhatsApp came to remove limited SMS, and is now established among us as a means of communication through posts, photos, videos and recent video.
    
4. Instagram
   WhatsApp and Instagram were not originally Facebook's, but over time the founders of this made their own thanks to the millions of purchases made. Zuckerberg was not wrong with this sale, especially with Instagram. This platform has become the most revenue-generating source of revenue on Facebook and is breaking its growth rate marks.
    
5. Snapchat
   Instagram's growth owes a lot to Snapchat. The destructive photo app is a great success for young people. Snapchat's initial approach was to allow its users to post photos to their followers for a short period of time, then disappear. Instagram did the same with its Stories. This, however, did not lead to a decline in Snapchat.
    
6. Skype
   Who has never used Skype? This Microsoft product still holds a place of honor. This location, however, does not leave a sweet taste in Satya Nadella's company, as it did not know how to take advantage of its hegemonic position to establish itself as the main communication platform, leaving a resurgent place for its competitors, Messenger and WhatsApp.
    
7. TikTok
   A surprising feature of this list is the seventh place in the Chinese application. It is a favorite of many teenagers, but it came out in 2014, after all of those coming off the list.

This is news from eWorld magazine