These are the top 10 free apps that have spent the most time on top of Apple's App Store charts

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These are the top 10 free apps that have spent the most time on top of Apple's App Store charts

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Apple's App Store is turning 10 years old this week.

Apple's iPhone App Store has been around for a decade, and there have been certainly some short-lived fads on it over the years.

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Remember when Draw Something was a big enough trend some companies were using it to hire? Or when Slither.io updated the classic Snake game and made it massively multiplayer?

In honor of the App Store's 10th birthday, analytics firm Sensor Tower has put together a list of apps that have spent the most time at no. 1 on the App Store since 2010, which is when advanced analytics became available for the first time.

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That means that these are the apps that were the most popular free apps in the United States for weeks. How many have you downloaded? How many do you still have on your phone?

Here are the top free apps, based on number of weeks on top of the charts:

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10. Pokémon Go

10. Pokémon Go

Pokemon Go has spent 29 weeks as the no. 1 free app. You can download it here.

9. Temple Run

9. Temple Run

Temple Run has spent 30 weeks as the no. 1 free app. You can download it here.

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8. Slither.io

8. Slither.io

Slither.io spent 34 weeks as the no. 1 free app. You can download it here.

7. Minion Rush

7. Minion Rush

Minion Rush has spent 36 weeks as the no. 1 free app. You can download it here.

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6. Snapchat

6. Snapchat

Minion Rush has spent 36 weeks as the no. 1 free app. You can download it here.

5. Draw Something

5. Draw Something

Draw Something spent 38 weeks as the no. 1 free app, mostly during 2012, when it became a craze. You can download it here.

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4. Trivia Crack

4. Trivia Crack

Bitmoji spent 109 weeks as the no. 1 free app. You can download it here.

3. YouTube

3. YouTube

Bitmoji spent 109 weeks as the no. 1 free app. You can download it here.

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2. Bitmoji

2. Bitmoji

Bitmoji spent 109 weeks as the no. 1 free app. You can download it here.

1. Facebook Messenger

Messenger spent 217 weeks as the no. 1 free app. You can download it here.

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Here's the full chart:

Here's the full chart:

More analysis is available on Sensor Tower.