Amazon topped the most downloaded US shopping apps in 2021 with 40 million downloads.
According to a report by Insider Intelligence/eMarketer, the Chinese fashion store Shein jumped to the second spot with 32 million downloads, up from the seventh place in 2020. Shein makes up 28% of the American fashion market, according to Earnest Research.
Worldwide, Shein passed Amazon last year, but in Southeast Asia, Shopee did better than both, according to the report.
In third place was Shop, fourth Walmart, eighth place was eBay, and Wish came in ninth.
Ariel Ben Solomon is the Growth and Strategy manager at Ecomhunt. He is the host of the Ecomhunt Podcast. Can be followed on Twitter at @ArielBenSolomon