National App Day
National App Day:
Celebrated on December 11, every year. This day is to celebrate all Mobile Applications which plays a pivotal role in our day-today life.
Year | Date | Day | Where |
2019 | 11th December | Wednesday | United States |
2020 | 11th December | Friday | United States |
2021 | 11th December | Saturday | United States |
Twitter Hashtags:
#AppDay
#NationalAppDay
Related: Other National Days Celebrated on December 11th:
Why App Day?
So, how many of you do not have even a single app in your smart phone? None. I hope. This single line would say the importance of mobile phones and apps. This day is dedicated to all the magnificent apps that make our day simple. An App is a computer program that runs on mobile, computer, etc. Whatever it is, normally we girls, we know much time we spend usually on shopping, but still what we need is only “some more time”. Now, it becomes easy. Just a click, we can see so many despite at times we choose the wrong one that does not fit or runs large. For not only clothes, several learning, chatting, Photoshop and other apps are available.
How we can Celebrate or Observe National App Day:
Explore more about the history of the day and share the unknown facts using the hashtag #AppDay on the social media. Find any unfamiliar app that could be useful to us and share its advantages using the same hashtag. Share the number of Apps you installed in your mobile. In addition, rate the best one and Share the best app that you have installed in your smart phone.
Interesting Facts About App Day:
Apps created huge number of job opportunities.
There are more than two million apps and every single day, hundreds and thousands of apps are being incorporated. The term “App” is the abbreviation of “Software Application”. In 2010, American Dialect Society declared the term “app” as the “Word of the Year”.
Either the apps are pre-installed or it is made available through some platforms like Google Play, and Apple App’s Store etc.
The Notable App Stores are Google Play, Apple’s App Store, Microsoft Store, Blackberry World, Ovi, Samsung App Store, Amazon App Store, etc. in which Google Play ranks top with almost 2.4 million apps followed by Apple’s App Store, which consist of around 425,000 Apps. As of 2017, the below are the top-most widely used apps in the United States: YouTube: Via YouTube, you can watch videos, and you can make videos and publish. By having a channel with subscribers, you can earn money for views and for Advertisements as well. On average, you can earn around $5 for every 10000 views. Around 70 percent of the app users have installed this app.
Google Play: It is the official app store of Google where, you can browse and download apps.
Gmail: Through Gmail, you can send/receive mails and chat option is available.
Facebook: This is the one of the most widely used social network app. A study says that 30 percent of the people around the world just view the news feeding in this app before the bed coffee. Facebook-messenger: This is a chat app owned by Facebook. Around 65 percent of the app users uses this app. Google (search engine): This is a search app where you can find details on what you search for. This is the most widely used search engine roughly handing 3 billion searches every day.61 percent (app users) uses this app.
Google maps: It is a Web mapping service app owned by google.it helps us in finding the easy route, prevailing traffic conditions, time taken approximately by foot, bicycle, car or bus to reach your destination and street maps.
Instagram: It is a social networking site of Facebook. Photos and videos can be shared.
Snapchat: It is a messaging app with around 187 million active users every day.
In addition, the top-most downloaded apps are WhatsApp, UC Browser, SHAREit, Facebook, Facebook-Messenger, Instagram, Snapchat, YouTube etc.
History of App Day:
The National App Day is being celebrated since December 2017.However, the creator and the origin of the day is unknown within our research.