Why Meta’s Oculus VR companion become popular since Christmas?

More than 2 million people have downloaded META’s Oculus app around the world so far.

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One indication of the popularity of the Quest 2 is that after they made it to #1 on Apple App Store and Google Play in the U.S.

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In the week leading up to Christmas in the US, Oculus app installs skyrocketed by 517% from the week before. Sensor Tower data shows this gave it a total of 1.5 million app installs.

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The number of installations for this app is estimated at around 2 million since Christmas day. Of these installs, the U.S. currently accounts for the majority

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Putting that in perspective, total holiday installs in 2021, were just about the same as the company’s yearly installs in its earlier days

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According to Sensor Tower, the iPhone app saw around 1.8 million installs in a span of just 5 days. So far, the Oculus app has been downloaded 2.189 million times

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According to Sensor Tower, the iPhone app saw around 1.8 million installs in a span of just 5 days. So far, the Oculus app has been downloaded 2.189 million times globally between Christmas & now.

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The Oculus app was launched in April 2018 and since then there have been 1.2 million downloads and 2.4 million downloads in the following year (2019) to date.

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The company’s success corresponded with the launch date of the Oculus Quest VR headset in September 2020, which led to an increase to 10.62 million installs for 2021.

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The Sensor Tower Report found that there were about 8,008,000 installs of the app worldwide in 2021 across both the App Store and Google Play.

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It is hard to say which number is telling the truth, but, both Oculus and Steam agree that they have seen 2million or so more users in just 4 days.

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