# Quiz: The world’s favorite apps

Source: https://restofworld.org/2024/quiz-global-apps
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## Summary

A Rest of World quiz tests readers on how people around the world use popular apps such as WhatsApp, Signal and Zello. Its answers note that more than 93% of Brazilian internet users use WhatsApp, and that WeChat has 1.3 billion monthly users. Kenyan internet users spend an average of three hours and 55 minutes a day on social media, more than any other country. Pakistan announced plans on August 2, 2024, to strongly limit VPN use, according to the chairperson of the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority, after VPN providers reported that downloads jumped 130%–400% when X was blocked in February.

## Article

The average person spends almost four hours on their phone each day, scrolling through apps that offer endless entertainment and information. Rest of World has written extensively about the traditional and non-traditional ways people use apps like WhatsApp, Signal, and even Zello. Let’s see how closely you’ve been paying attention.

1. Which of the following is Brazil’s most popular social media platform?

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Instagram

WhatsApp

YouTube

Facebook

2. You can do all of the following on WeChat, China’s most popular app, except:

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File for divorce

Make a doctor’s appointment

Pay for a cup of coffee

Gamble on sports

3. How many countries is the educational app Duolingo used in?

Duolingo

55

84

193

167

4. What is the most popular dating app in Algeria?

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Bumble

iHappy

Tinder

Muzz

5. Roblox is the top gaming app in all of the following countries except:

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Brazil

U.S.

India

South Africa

6. GrabFood is the top delivery app in what country?

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Vietnam

Nepal

Venezuela

Kenya

7. Which country spent the most time on social media each day in the first quarter of 2023?

Mexico

Kenya

Belgium

South Korea

8. On August 2, 2024, this country (pictured) announced plans to strongly limit VPN use, leading people to rush to download the services.

Pakistan

Turkey

Saudi Arabia

Sri Lanka

9. In which country is Snapchat most popular?

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Afghanistan

Peru

Bahrain

Serbia

The answers

1. B

WhatsApp

More than 93% of Brazilian Internet users use WhatsApp. WhatsApp users in the country reportedly send four times more audio messages than any other population in the world.

2. D

With 1.3 billion monthly users, WeChat is the world’s third-most popular messaging app, behind WhatsApp and Instagram. The super-app is so important for life in China that banned users have resorted to handwritten apologies in an effort to regain their accounts.

3. C

At the end of Q2 in 2024, 8 million users across 193 countries were paid subscribers of Duolingo. First launched in 2012, it now sees 103.6 million monthly active users.

4. D

First launched in 2015, Muzz, a Muslim marriage and dating app, is the most popular dating app in Algeria. The platform now has over 10 million users worldwide.

5. C

Roblox, a platform that offers millions of online games, sees over 79.5 million daily active users worldwide.

6. A

Two-thirds of Vietnamese respondents in a 2023 survey said that GrabFood was their go-to delivery app. The second most-used app, according to respondents, was Baemin, which accounted for 23% of the responses. Baemin has since stopped operating in Vietnam.

7. B

Kenyan internet users spend an average of three hours and 55 minutes per day using social media — more than any other country in the world.

8. A

The move, announced by the chairperson of the Pakistan Tele­communication Authority (PTA), was seen as a response to an earlier spike in VPN usage after X was blocked in the country in February. Back then, VPN providers had said downloads jumped 130%–400%.

9. A

Snapchat is currently ranked fourth among free iPhone apps in Afghanistan, 25th in Bahrain, 66th in Peru, and 17th in Serbia.