Google has announced the Google Play’s Best of 2017, which includes India’s most popular apps, games, music, movies and books in 2017.
ALTBalaji, the video-on-demand platform by Balaji Telefilms, has emerged as the fourth most popular app on Google Play’s India’s most popular apps of 2017. Paytm Mall: Online Shopping was ranked fifth.
Photo Editor - Beauty Camera & Photo Filters was placed first, while Messenger Lite: Free Calls & Messages and Selfie Camera - Beauty Camera & Photo Editor were ranked second and third, respectively.
‘Dear Zindagi’ is the most popular movie of the year on Google Play in India. Strong female characters dominated this year’s movies chart with Moana and Wonder Woman rounding out the top three.
The locally-developed ‘Baahubali: The Game’ took the title of the most popular game of the year, even trumping international tiles like WWE Champions, Super Mario Run, and Pokémon Duel.
Indian authors swept the top five list of books with memoirs from Karan Johar, Rishi Kapoor and Raghuram G. Rajan dominating the majority of the slots. And with music being added this year, the drum-laden ‘Saahore Baahubali’ by M M Keeravaani was the most streamed song followed by the hummable ‘Ik Vaari Aa’ from Arijit Singh.
The list also includes top five apps, games, movies, books, TV shows and music, globally. At the global front, Game of Thrones kept Rick and Morty and The Walking Dead at bay to claim the Iron Throne for the second year in a row as the most popular TV show.
Elsewhere, Kendrick Lamar may no longer be so Humble after beating out Ed Sheeran’s Shape of You, as Google Play’s most streamed song of 2017. His DNA also holds the number three spot on this list.
Check out Google Play’s top lists for the most popular content in 2017 below.
Google Play’s India Best of 2017 lists
Most popular apps of 2017
1. Photo Editor - Beauty Camera & Photo Filters
2. Messenger Lite: Free Calls & Messages
3. Selfie Camera - Beauty Camera & Photo Editor
4. ALTBalaji
5. Paytm Mall: Online Shopping
Most popular games of 2017
2. WWE Champions Free Puzzle RPG
5. Pokémon Duel
Top books of 2017
1. An Unsuitable Boy, by Karan Johar
2. India 2017, by New Media Wing
3. Khullam Khulla: Rishi Kapoor Uncensored, by Rishi Kapoor
4. I Do What I Do, by Raghuram G. Rajan
5. Adiyogi: The Source of Yoga, by Sadhguru
Top movies of 2017
1. Dear Zindagi
2. Moana
3. Wonder Woman
Most streamed songs of 2017:
1. Saahore Baahubali, by M.M. Keeravaani
2. Ik Vaari Aa, by Arijit Singh
3. Mercy, by Badshah
4. Main Tera Boyfriend, by Arijit Singh
5. Cheez Badi, by Neha Kakkar
Google Play’s global best of 2017 lists
Most popular new apps of 2017
· Photo Editor - Beauty Camera & Photo Filters
· TopBuzz Video: Viral Videos, Funny GIFs &TV shows
Most popular new games of 2017
· CATS: Crash Arena Turbo Stars
· Ballz
Top five streamed songs of 2017
· Body Like A Back Road by Sam Hunt
Top five movies of 2017
· Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
· Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
Top five TV shows of 2017
Top five books of 2017
· The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck by Mark Manson
· The Battlemage by Taran Matharu
· Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher
· Ready Player One by Ernest Cline
For complete local lists, visit Google Play.