Google Play
WhatsApp Messenger holds rank 1 on Google Play dated 2026-09-13T12:01:38.463213, the same 10 names as September 24. The board has not moved since that 12:01:38.463213 snapshot, 12 days before this September 25 publish date. Meta still occupies four of ten slots: WhatsApp at 1, Facebook at 2, Instagram at 4, Messenger at 6.
Top trending apps on Google Play: September 25
WhatsApp Messenger: Meta messaging app. Rank 1 on the frozen 2026-09-13T12:01:38.463213 board.
Facebook: Meta social app. Rank 2 unchanged.
YouTube: Google video app. Rank 3 unchanged.
Instagram: Meta photo app. Rank 4 unchanged.
Free Fire: 9th Anniversary: Garena battle-royale client. Rank 5 unchanged on the anniversary build name.
Messenger: Meta chat app. Rank 6 unchanged.
Flipkart Online Shopping App: Indian retail app. Rank 7, the only commerce title in the ten.
TikTok - Videos, Shop and LIVE: ByteDance short video. Rank 8 unchanged.
Clash of Clans: Supercell village builder. Rank 9 unchanged.
Google Photos: Google gallery app. Rank 10 unchanged.
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What changed on Google Play since yesterday
- New: none.
- Movers: none. Ranks 1 through 10 match September 24, September 23, and the September 13 snapshot.
- Dropped: none.
- as_of_ts remains 2026-09-13T12:01:38.463213.
What today's Google Play apps reveal
The lagged Play board is a default-install chart: four Meta apps, two Google apps, then Free Fire, Flipkart, TikTok, and Clash of Clans. It does not track the App Store Free story where Muse from Meta and Claude by Anthropic moved on September 25.
A 12:01:38.463213 stamp sitting still through September 25 is a collection lag, not a claim that WhatsApp gained rank today. The Google Play vs App Store top charts page is the matching comparison.
Ranks on the frozen 12:01:38.463213 board remain WhatsApp 1, Facebook 2, YouTube 3, Instagram 4, Free Fire 5, Messenger 6, Flipkart 7, TikTok 8, Clash of Clans 9, Google Photos 10. Twelve days of lag versus the September 25 publish date is the fact that matters. App Store Free the same morning already moved Muse, ChatGPT, Momo, and Claude. The Play snapshot did not. 12:01:38.463213 is 463213 microseconds past 12:01:38.
A lagged Play chart that reprints WhatsApp, Facebook, YouTube, Instagram, Free Fire, Messenger, Flipkart, TikTok, Clash of Clans, and Google Photos is useful as a default-install baseline. It is not a same-day mover list. The 2026-09-13T12:01:38.463213 microseconds stamp is the date to cite, not September 25. Four Meta titles plus two Google titles still occupy six of the ten slots on that frozen board.
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"type": "Google Play",
"limit": 10
}