Details Revealed: Millions of Users Considered Deleting a Popular Social Media App in 2023
Social media is a big hook for millions, but even then, many couldn’t wait to delete some popular social media apps in 2023, according to an industry report. Uninstallers is basically a list that looks at apps that people wanted to uninstall and searched the internet for information to make that happen.
These apps vary in their features and purpose. You have Instagram and Snapchat, which allow you to share updates with friends and other people, while you have TikTok and Reels, which host user-generated content for public viewing. Then you can’t ignore the influence of WhatsApp and X (formerly Twitter), which have their own followers.
The existence of these apps means that tech companies have to introduce tools like screen time that limit their time in these apps. But which of these apps were the most popular yet made it to the uninstall list, data provided by TRG Data Centers gives us an answer that will surely shock you.
The most wanted app to uninstall in 2023 goes
Instagram was the app that millions wanted to delete from their smartphones in 2023. As shocking as it sounds, the Meta-owned app was a hot topic on the internet, purely because people were looking for how to delete their Instagram account. The report notes that on average, one million people searched for steps to delete Instagram, which comes to over 12,000 searches.
According to the latest data, Instagram serves 2.4 billion active monthly users, so it is unlikely that search results will translate into actual deletions from users. In any case, Instagram has evolved to offer photo hosting, video creation through reels, and even messaging. The fact that millions of people want to leave the platform suggests that not everyone likes these additions.
Other apps people wanted to uninstall in 2023
The second most deleted app in the report is Snapchat. The platform had 130,000 searches from users who wanted to delete their Snapchat account. In addition to these two other social media apps in the top five are Twitter (now called X), Telegram and Facebook. This report seems to suggest that millions are looking to delete their social media accounts, but not everyone is. WhatsApp, YouTube, and TikTok are the apps with the fewest ways to remove internet searches this year.
