Wakoopa: Most Used Apps of 2008
Wakoopa, a social network for software enthusiasts, has released a list of the most used applications of 2008 based on the usage of its members.
Wakoopa has not just collated the most popular Windows, Mac, and web applications, but it's also identified newcomers that showed prolific growth during 2008.
Two important points to note before viewing the results:
1. Wakoopa is a relatively small community, composed primarily of tech fanatics and early adopters. The statistics reflect that.
2. The applications mentioned aren't necessarily the most frequently visited applications, but rather those that people have spent the most time actively using; that is, those with the highest user engagement levels.
On Windows, it's no surprise to see Firefox and Internet Explorer as the top two most-used applications. Google Chrome is the only new release of the year to have made the list, showing extremely impressive growth from the moment of its release in September. Chrome does, however, still sit behind Opera in terms of overall usage, while Apple's Safari seems to have been left behind, at least on Windows.
