WhatsApp Messenger was the No. 1 app on Google Play on September 25, 2026. Ranks 2 to 5: Facebook, YouTube, Instagram and Free Fire: 9th Anniversary. 1 of 10 are new since September 24, 2026, led by TikTok - Videos, Shop and LIVE. The full ranked top 10 is below, each with a short note on why it is trending.
WhatsApp Messenger holds rank 1 on Google Play, the same 10 names as September 24. 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.
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.
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.
The Google Play vs App Store top charts page is the matching comparison.
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.
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. Four Meta titles plus two Google titles still occupy six of the ten slots on that frozen board.
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This list came from the Trends MCP get_top_trends call below. The tool is for mobile analysts who need a dated Google Play rank snapshot.
{
"type": "Google Play",
"limit": 10
}