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# Room For Growth? Maps & Weather Apps More Popular Than Music
- URL: https://www.hypebot.com/room-for-growth-maps-weather-apps-more-popular-than-music/
- Published: 2011-07-06T10:40:00.000Z
- Updated: 2011-07-06T10:40:00.000Z
- Description: Not sure there's a lot of room for growth in mobile music? Games, weather, maps and social networking apps are all more popular downloads for mobile phones than music apps,. Continue reading [https://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2011/07/room-for-growth-maps-weather-apps-more-popular-than-music.html]
- Author: Bruce Houghton
- Tags: Apps, Mobile & SMS, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-01-21 10:55

[![image from www.google.com](http://hypebot.typepad.com/.a/6a00d83451b36c69e2015433847ac4970c-200wi "image from www.google.com")](http://hypebot.typepad.com/.a/6a00d83451b36c69e2015433847ac4970c-popup?ref=hypebot.com)

Not sure there's a lot of room for **growth in mobile music?** Games, weather, maps and social networking apps are all more popular downloads for mobile phones than music apps, according to a new new [Nielson](http://blog.nielsen.com/nielsenwire/online%5Fmobile/games-most-popular-mobile-app-category/?ref=hypebot.com) survey. Games continue to be the most popular app category and 93% percent of app downloaders in the past 30 days are willing to pay for games. **Nielson Apps Chart:**  

[![image from blog.nielsen.com](http://hypebot.typepad.com/.a/6a00d83451b36c69e20154338474b2970c-450wi "image from blog.nielsen.com")](http://hypebot.typepad.com/.a/6a00d83451b36c69e20154338474b2970c-popup?ref=hypebot.com)