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Google Play reveals 2018’s best apps and games

Dean Takahashi@deantak December 3, 2018 12:05 AM
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Google Play's best of 2018 is out.
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Google Play shared the year’s top content across apps, games, movies, TV and books for 2018.

Based on results from the Google Play store on Android devices, the top app was Drops: Learn 31 new languages, and the top game was PUBG Mobile.

For the first time, Google added a new “Fan Favorite” category, giving users a chance to vote for their favorite game, app and movie of the year. YouTube TV was the top fan app, and Avengers: Infinity War was the top fan movie. PUBG Mobile also won for fan favorite game.

Of course, Epic Games’ Fortnite was missing from the list because Epic chose to skip the Google Play store (and its 30 percent fee) and enable Android users to side load the game from Epic’s own web site.

Check out Google Play’s full lists below for this year’s most loved content in the U.S. You can also discover all of the lists on the Best of 2018 section of the Play Store.

Here are last year’s lists for the sake of comparison.

Best Game of 2018

  • PUBG MOBILE

Fan Favorites of 2018

  • Game: PUBG MOBILE
  • App: YouTube TV
  • Movie: Avengers: Infinity War

Best App of 2018

  • Drops: Learn 31 new languages

Top five movies of 2018

  • Black Panther
  • Avengers: Infinity War
  • Thor: Ragnarok
  • Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle
  • Deadpool 2

Top five TV shows of 2018

  • The Walking Dead
  • Riverdale
  • The Big Bang Theory
  • The Flash
  • PAW Patrol

Top five ebooks of 2018

  • Fire and Fury by Michael Wolff
  • The Outsider by Stephen King
  • Fear by Bob Woodward
  • 12 Rules for Life by Jordan B. Peterson
  • Girl, Wash Your Face by Rachel Hollis

Top five audiobooks of 2018

  • 12 Rules for Life by Jordan B. Peterson
  • Girl, Wash Your Face by Rachel Hollis
  • Fear by Bob Woodward
  • Becoming by Michelle Obama
  • The Outsider by Stephen King

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