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Best social networking apps in 🇳🇿 New Zealand, September 2026

Four lists from Apple's own charts, read every morning: the most downloaded free social networking apps, the best rated among the hundred most downloaded, the top paid and the top grossing. Ratings are the store's, positions are today's, and movement is against yesterday. Nothing here is estimated.

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Most downloaded free social networking apps

Apple's top free chart, NZ, today.

  1. 1 WhatsApp MessengerWhatsApp Inc. 4.6★ ·
  2. 2 ThreadsInstagram, Inc. 4.4★ ·
  3. 3 FacebookMeta Platforms, Inc. 4.5★ ·
  4. 4 MessengerMeta Platforms, Inc. 4.7★ ·
  5. 5 Life360: Family Safety & GPSLife360 4.7★ ·
  6. 6 Telegram MessengerTelegram FZ-LLC 3.6★ ·
  7. 7 Discord – Talk, Play, Hang OutDiscord Inc. 4.6★ ·
  8. 8 WeChatWeChat 4.4★ ·
  9. 9 Giggles: Videos & TrendsGiggles Platforms Inc 4.5★ ·
  10. 10 Signal - Private MessengerSignal Messenger, LLC 4.7★ ·
  11. 11 Google MeetGoogle 4.7★ ·
  12. 12 LetterboxdLetterboxd 4.8★ ·
  13. 13 setlog - friends cameranew chat 5.0★ ▲3
  14. 14 ClearTok: Repost RemoverData-Traces LLC 4.7★ ▼1
  15. 15 Unfollow Tracker: IG FollowersVividplay studio 4.5★ ·
All 100, with movers and drop-outs →

Best rated of the top 100

Highest star rating among the hundred most downloaded, at least 500 ratings.

  1. 1 rednote#19 free · 10,705 ratings 4.90
  2. 2 Widgetable: Besties & Couples#27 free · 1,601 ratings 4.90
  3. 3 Letterboxd#12 free · 1,193 ratings 4.80
  4. 4 Circle Communities#54 free · 635 ratings 4.80
  5. 5 Messenger#4 free · 258,344 ratings 4.70
  6. 6 BeReal: Photos & Friends Daily#21 free · 11,705 ratings 4.70
  7. 7 Life360: Family Safety & GPS#5 free · 10,626 ratings 4.70
  8. 8 Signal - Private Messenger#10 free · 9,696 ratings 4.70
  9. 9 Google Meet#11 free · 3,148 ratings 4.70
  10. 10 Locket Widget#29 free · 2,965 ratings 4.70

Top paid social networking apps

  1. 1 Threema. The Secure Messenger 4.1★
  2. 2 MAAP 5.0★
  3. 3 TeleGuard —
  4. 4 Fongo World Edition 3.2★
  5. 5 TeamSpeak 3 1.8★
  6. 6 Badoo Premium 4.6★
  7. 7 3D Animations + Emoji Icons 5.0★
  8. 8 Colloquy - IRC Client 4.0★
All 100 →

Top grossing social networking apps

  1. 1 Facebook 4.5★
  2. 2 Grindr - Gay Dating & Chat 4.3★
  3. 3 Life360: Family Safety & GPS 4.7★
  4. 4 Discord – Talk, Play, Hang Out 4.6★
  5. 5 Telegram Messenger 3.6★
  6. 6 BIGO LIVE - Live Streaming 4.5★
  7. 7 rednote 4.9★
  8. 8 Yubo : Make friends & chat now 4.4★
All 100 →

Most downloaded on Google Play

NZ, today
  1. 1Instagram 3.8★
  2. 2Facebook 4.5★
  3. 3TikTok 4.0★
  4. 4TikTok Lite - Save Data & Fast 4.3★
  5. 5Facebook Lite 4.5★
  6. 6Threads 3.6★
  7. 7Instagram Lite 3.9★
  8. 8Moj: Free Short Drama & Reels 4.4★
  9. 9ShareChat Status, Video & Live 4.5★
  10. 10Timo - Chat Near & Real Friend —
Google Play chart, all rows →

How "best" is decided

Downloads decide the first list: Apple's top free chart for New Zealand, which ranks by installs over the last days. The second list takes those hundred apps and sorts them by the star rating New Zealand users gave them, ignoring apps with fewer than 500 ratings so a handful of five-star reviews cannot win. Paid and grossing come straight from Apple's charts. We add no score of our own and take no placement fees.

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