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Apps that improve your daily life are the fastest-growing type in the US.
That’s according to the measurement and analytics firm comScore, which ranked the 11 fast-growing apps in the country over a period of two years – December 2014 to December 2016. ComScore only measured the growth of unique users over the age of 18.
Ride-hailing apps like Lyft and Uber broke the top 10, while apps for selling your stuff were another popular category.
Here are all the fastest-growing apps in the US:
11. GroupMe
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Microsoft’s group messaging app was up 101% over the past two years.
10. Tinder
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Tinder, a dating app that lets you swipe through potential matches and chat through the app, grew 166%.
9. Lyft
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Lyft, the ride-hailing app that’s Uber’s main competitor in the US, has grown 246% over the last two years.
8. Waze
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The Israeli navigation app that Google paid over a billion dollars for has grown 260% since 2014.
7. Wish
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Wish, a shopping app that offers extremely low prices, has seen a 336% bump in unique users over the last two years.
6. Uber
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The $70 billion ride-hailing service has seen its app grow 443% since 2014.
5. Venmo
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Venmo, an app for quickly sending and receiving money, has grown 677% in two years.
4. Flipp
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Flipp, an app for grocery shopping that lets you scan weekly coupons and flyers, has seen an 850% spike over the past two years.
3. Letgo
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Letgo is an app for buying and selling your stuff locally. The app grew 1,085% between June 2015 and December 2016.
2. OfferUp
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The mobile marketplace for buying and selling is the second fastest-growing app in the US: It grew 1,213% over the last two years.
1. Bitmoji
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Bitmoji, the personalized emoji app owned by Snapchat, is the fastest-growing app in the US: It grew 5,210% since between February 2015 and December 2016.