Coronavirus continues to change the Play Store charts
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Coronavirus continues to change the Play Store charts

Last month we analyzed how the coronavirus pandemic changed the way we work, study, and communicate and the impact it had on apps people download. Zoom has been the most downloaded free app since March and naturally remains as popular in the charts, given it's widely used by organizations to run meetings, webinars, and classes.

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