NEW YORK, Dec 12 — Candy Crush Saga was the most-downloaded game of 2014 on Google Play, the platform has revealed in its “2014: The Year in Entertainment,” which lifts the lid on the brand’s most popular apps, games, movies, books and more.
Following the Candy Crush Saga craze in the games category was Don’t Tap The White Tile, with Farm Heroes Saga claiming third position.
The most popular apps were focused on self-improvement, with language tutoring service Duolingo topping the list in the education category and MyFitnessPal earning the title of most popular health and fitness app. The latter was also named as the fastest-growing app category.
“Frozen” was the movie of the year (and its soundtrack was also the most-downloaded album). “The Walking Dead” was the most popular TV show.
Katy Perry dominated the music charts, with her single “Dark Horse” named as the song of the year, whilst the fastest-growing genre of music downloads was identified as movie soundtracks.
Meanwhile the most-read book of the year was John Green’s emotional novel “The Fault in Our Stars”, followed by E. L. James’s tale of sexual exploits, “Fifty Shades of Grey”.
The full list is available on the official Android blog. — AFP/Relaxnews
