Temu and Shein have been named among the most downloaded free iPhone apps of the year in the UK from the Apple Store.
Temu was crowned the most downloaded iPhone app in the UK, but it also holds the top position in the US, Germany, Spain, Ireland, Australia, South Korea and Mexico.
Meanwhile in Italy, France and Japan, the Chinese online marketplace is the second most downloaded iPhone app.
Temu launched in the UK last year, but first kicked off operations in the US in September 2022. It now serves over 80 international markets and works as a direct factory platform.
UK customers are also able to see their Temu orders arrive in as little as one business day with the marketplace actively recruiting UK-based sellers.
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Apple’s annual list of the most popular app downloads also named the puzzle game Block Blast! as the most downloaded free game on the iPhone. However, shopping apps came in strong at second place.
Second-hand marketplace Vinted was the fourth-most downloaded free iPhone app of the year, just behind Meta’s X rival Threads.
The app for AI chatbot ChatGPT was fifth in that list, ahead of TikTok, the Tesco app, WhatsApp, Google and the Microsoft Authenticator app.
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