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Week 43, 2026 · 19 to 25 Oct 2026

Social Networking apps this week

0 new versions, 0 new top-10 placings and 4 tech stack changes across 4 apps.

All appsEducation1Lifestyle1Music2News2Productivity34Social Networking4Travel1Utilities1

Tech stacks

SDKs added and removed

  • Discord - Talk, Play, Hang Out app icon

    Tech stack · Discord - Talk, Play, Hang Out iOS

    +1 SDK, -6 SDKs in 350.0

    Added hermesvm. Removed FlashList, hermes, Lodash, Moment.js and 2 more. Compared with 331.0.

  • Threads app icon

    Tech stack · Threads iOS

    +3 SDKs in 452.1.0

    Added BCNGemAwardSounds, BCNRefreshSounds, Mapbox. Compared with 432.1.0.

  • WhatsApp Messenger app icon

    Tech stack · WhatsApp Messenger iOS

    +2 SDKs in 26.41.75

    Added CommonLibrary, OrderedCollections. Compared with 26.21.74.

  • WhatsApp Messenger app icon

    Tech stack · WhatsApp Messenger Android

    -1 SDK in 2.26.41.77

    Removed reCAPTCHA. Compared with 2.26.21.75.

Ranks compare the last complete chart collection of this week with the last one of the week before, in the App Store and Google Play top free charts. Collections compared: App Store 18 Oct 12:09 to 25 Oct 12:10 UTC; Google Play 18 Oct 12:09 to 25 Oct 12:10 UTC. 6 countries were left out because one of the two collections was missing or partial there. Weeks run Monday to Sunday (UTC).

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