Apple's top trends and charts for 2017

Every year Apple's editors pick the best apps, music, movies, TV shows, podcasts, iBooks, courses, and more to highlight. 2017 is no different. Well, ok, it's a little different. There are all new winners and runners-up, of course, but this year, Apple's team also recognized four breakout app trends for 2017:

1. Thanks to ARKit, augmented reality was literally all up on all our faces. IKEA Place, Insight Heart, and My Very Hungry Caterpillar helped lead the way.
2. Real-time gaming was also real big. That included Clash Royale, Hearthstone's Knights of the Frozen Throne expansion, The Elder Scrolls: Legends, Red Tides, Star Wars: Force Arena, Stormbound, Guns of Boom mixes 3D, and Modern Combat Versus.
3. The conversation around mental health continued to grow, and apps like Headspace and Apple's app of the year, Calm, both stood out. So did Lake: Artists' Coloring Books, Pacifica, and Joyable.
4. Even reading apps went through a mini-revolution, highlighted by Hooked. Choice, Episode, Serial Box Publishing, Bookout, and Blinkist.

If you just want to skip to the winners, here they are:

• 2017 iPhone App of the Year: Calm
• 2017 iPhone Game of the Year: Splitter Critters
• 2017 iPad App of the Year: Affinity Photo
• 2017 iPad Game of the Year: The Witness

Apple's also got it's top picks up for:

• Apple Music
• iTunes Music
• iTunes TV
• Apple Podcasts
• iBooks
• iTunes U

And if all you want is your U.S. top charts, Apple's got those for you too:

Top Free iPhone Apps:

1. Bitmoji
2. Snapchat
3. YouTube: Watch Listen Stream
4. Messenger
5. Instagram
6. Facebook
7. Google Maps - GPS Navigation
8. Netflix
9. Spotify Music
10. Uber
11. Gmail - Email by Google
12. Pandora Music
13. Amazon – Shopping made easy
14. WhatsApp Messenger
15. Wish - Shopping Made Fun
16. Twitter
17. SoundCloud - Music & Audio
18. Google Chrome
19. Waze Navigation & Live Traffic
20. Lyft

Top Paid iPhone Apps:

1. Facetune
2. Tabs & Chords - learn and play
3. HotSchedules
4. Enlight
5. 7 Minute Workout Challenge
6. Videoshop - Video Editor
7. Dark Sky Weather
8. Sky Guide AR
9. Full Fitness : Exercise Workout Trainer
10. Word Swag - Cool fonts & typography generator
11. iScanner - PDF Document Scanner App
12. Scanner Pro by Readdle
13. Afterlight
14. The Wonder Weeks
15. NOAA Radar Pro – Weather Alerts & Forecast
16. Toca Hair Salon 3
17. LightX
18. Scanner for Me + OCR
19. 1 Second Everyday: Video Diary
20. Fontmania - Add Artworks & Text to Your Photos!

Top Free iPhone Games:

1. Super Mario Run
2. 8 Ball Pool™
3. Snake VS Block
4. Ballz
5. Word Cookies!
6. Subway Surfers
7. Episode!
8. Rolling Sky
9. Block! Hexa Puzzle
10. Paper.io
11. Solitaire·
12. Bowmasters - Multiplayer Game
13. Color Switch
14. Piano Tiles 2™(Don't Tap The White Tile 2)
15. Choices: Stories You Play
16. Roll the Ball® - slide puzzle
17. Clash Royale
18. ROBLOX
19. Word Connect ¤
20. Candy Crush Saga

Top Paid iPhone Games:

1. Heads Up!
2. Minecraft
3. Bloons TD 5
4. Plague Inc.
5. MONOPOLY Game
6. Geometry Dash
7. Monument Valley 2
8. The Game of Life
9. The Escapists
10. Assassin's Creed Identity
11. Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
12. True Skate
13. RollerCoaster Tycoon® Classic
14. Five Nights at Freddy's: Sister Location
15. Papa's Freezeria To Go!
16. Five Nights at Freddy's
17. Hitman Sniper
18. Terraria
19. Reigns
20. Tiny Wings

Top Free iPad Apps:

1. YouTube: Watch Listen Stream
2. Netflix
3. Facebook
4. Messenger
5. Google Chrome
6. Amazon Prime Video
7. Gmail - Email by Google
8. YouTube Kids
9. Amazon – Shopping made easy
10. Spotify Music
11. Pandora Music
12. The Calculator
13. The Weather Channel App for iPad – best local forecast radar map and storm tracking
14. Google Docs
15. Google
16. Hulu: Watch TV Shows & Movies
17. Amazon Kindle
18. Google Maps - GPS Navigation
19. Google Drive
20. Microsoft Word

Top Paid iPad Apps:

1. Procreate
2. Notability
3. Toca Life: Hospital
4. Toca Hair Salon 3
5. GoodNotes 4
6. Toca Life: Stable
7. Duet Display
8. Toca Lab: Elements
9. Toca Kitchen 2
10. XtraMath
11. Toca Life: Farm
12. Toca Life: Office
13. PDF Expert by Readdle
14. Amaziograph
15. Notepad+ Pro
16. Toca Life: Vacation
17. Pixelmator
18. GoodReader - PDF Reader Annotator and File Manager
19. Affinity Photo
20. Toca Life: City

Top Free iPad Games:

1. Super Mario Run
2. ROBLOX
3. Rolling Sky
4. Word Cookies!
5. Bowmasters - Multiplayer Game
6. Subway Surfers
7. Paper.io
8. slither.io
9. Piano Tiles 2™(Don't Tap The White Tile 2)
10. 8 Ball Pool™
11. Block! Hexa Puzzle
12. Clash Royale
13. Roll the Ball® - slide puzzle
14. Color Switch
15. Minecraft: Story Mode
16. Cooking Fever
17. Hill Climb Racing 2
18. Minion Rush
19. Episode!
20. Snake VS Block

Top Paid iPad Games:

1. Minecraft
2. Geometry Dash
3. Five Nights at Freddy's: Sister Location
4. Bloons TD 5 HD
5. The Escapists
6. Terraria
7. Five Nights at Freddy's
8. Goat Simulator
9. Monument Valley 2
10. Heads Up!
11. The Game of Life
12. Scribblenauts Unlimited
13. Five Nights at Freddy's 2
14. Goat Simulator PAYDAY
15. Octodad: Dadliest Catch
16. Goat Simulator Waste of Space
17. Plague Inc.
18. LEGO® Jurassic World™
19. Assassin's Creed Identity
20. SpongeBob Moves In

US MUSIC - TOP ALBUMS

1. Drake: More Life
2. Kendrick Lamar: DAMN.
3. Taylor Swift: reputation
4. Ed Sheeran: ÷
5. The Weeknd: Starboy
6. J. Cole: 4 Your Eyez Only
7. Bruno Mars: 24K Magic
8. Migos: Culture
9. Future: FUTURE
10. Various Artists: Moana
11. Post Malone: Stoney
12. Original Broadway Cast of Hamilton: Hamilton
13. Various Artists: Trolls (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
14. Drake: Views
15. Big Sean: I Decided.
16. Travis Scott: Birds in the Trap Sing McKnight
17. JAY Z: 4:44 am
18. Future: HNDRXX
19. Khalid: American Teen
20. Chris Stapleton: From A Room: Volume 1

US MUSIC - TOP SONGS

1. Ed Sheeran: Shape of You
2. Luis Fonsi & Daddy Yankee: Despacito (feat. Justin Bieber)
3. Bruno Mars: That's What I Like
4. Kendrick Lamar: HUMBLE.
5. Sam Hunt: Body Like a Back Road
6. Migos: Bad and Boujee (feat. Lil Uzi Vert)
7. Bruno Mars: 24K Magic
8. DJ Khaled: I'm the One (feat. Justin Bieber, Quavo, Chance the Rapper & Lil Wayne)
9. Post Malone: Congratulations (feat. Quavo)
10. Rae Sremmurd: Black Beatles (feat. Gucci Mane)
11. ZAYN & Taylor Swift: I Don't Wanna Live Forever (Fifty Shades Darker)
12. The Weeknd: Starboy (feat. Daft Punk)
13. Drake: Fake Love
14. James Arthur: Say You Won't Let Go
15. Imagine Dragons: Believer
16. Future: Mask Off
17. The Chainsmokers & Coldplay: Something Just Like This
18. Lil Uzi Vert: XO TOUR Llif3
19. KYLE: iSpy (feat. Lil Yachty)
20. The Chainsmokers: Closer (feat. Halsey)

US MOVIES CHARTS

1. Moana (2016)
2. Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
3. Wonder Woman (2017)
4. Sing
5. Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
6. Trolls
7. Doctor Strange (2016)
8. Beauty and the Beast (2017)
9. Arrival
10. Spider-Man: Homecoming
11. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
12. Logan
13. The Boss Baby
14. The LEGO Batman Movie
15. Hacksaw Ridge
16. The Accountant (2016)
17. John Wick: Chapter 2
18. Hidden Figures
19. Baby Driver
20. Passengers (2016)

US TV CHARTS

1. Game of Thrones
2. The Walking Dead
3. The Big Bang Theory
4. Rick and Morty
5. The Americans
6. Suits
7. PAW Patrol
8. This Is Us
9. Modern Family
10. Grey's Anatomy
11. Better Call Saul
12. Sherlock
13. Scandal
14. RuPaul's Drag Race
15. Big Little Lies
16. Doctor Who
17. Planet Earth II
18. Homeland
19. The Flash
20. The Blacklist

US PODCAST MOST DOWNLOADED CHARTS

1. Fresh Air
2. The Joe Rogan Experience
3. Stuff You Should Know
4. The Dave Ramsey Show
5. The Daily
6. This American Life
7. TED Radio Hour
8. Planet Money
9. Pod Save America
10. TED Talks Daily
11. Freakonomics Radio
12. Up First
13. My Favorite Murder with Karen Kilgariff and Georgia Hardstark
14. Radiolab
15. NPR Politics Podcast
16. The Bill Simmons Podcast
17. S-Town
18. Up and Vanished
19. Global News Podcast
20. Stuff You Missed in History Class

US PODCAST MOST DOWNLOADED - NEWLY RELEASED IN 2017

1. The Daily
2. Pod Save America
3. Up First
4. S-Town
5. Side Hustle School
6. 1A
7. Pod Save the World
8. Lovett or Leave It
9. Missing Richard Simmons
10. Binge Mode: Game of Thrones
11. VIEWS with David Dobrik and Jason Nash
12. Serial Killers
13. Can He Do That?
14. With Friends Like These
15. Oprah's SuperSoul Conversations
16. Pod Save the People
17. Wow in the World
18. 30 For 30 Podcasts
19. Beyond the Darkness
20. Intercepted with Jeremy Scahill

US iBOOKS FICTION

1. Camino Island / John Grisham
2. The Handmaid's Tale / Margaret Atwood
3. Origin / Dan Brown
4. Into the Water /Paula Hawkins
5. The Fix / David Baldacci
6. Big Little Lies / Liane Moriarty
7. The Girl Before / J.P. Delaney
8. A Gentleman in Moscow / Amor Towles
9. The Shack / William P. Young
10. Before We Were Yours by Lisa Wingate
11. A Game of Thrones / George R.R. Martin
12. It / Stephen King
13. Thirteen Reasons Why / Jay Asher
14. The Late Show / Michael Connelly
15. Milk and Honey / Rupi Kaur
16. The Rooster Bar / John Grisham
17. The Midnight Line / Lee Child
18. The Whistler / John Grisham
19. House of Spies / Daniel Silva
20. Everything, Everything by Nicola Yoon

US iBOOKS NON-FICTION

1. Hillbilly Elegy / J.D. Vance
2. The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck / Mark Manson
3. Astrophysics for People in a Hurry / Neil de Grasse Tyson
4. The 5 Love Languages / Gary D. Chapman
5. When Breath Becomes Air / Paul Kalanithi & Abraham Verghese
6. The Glass Castle / Jeannette Walls
7. What Happened / Hillary Clinton
8. Option B / Sheryl Sandberg & Adam Grant
9. Killing the Rising Sun / Martin Dugard, Bill O'Reilly
10. You Are a Badass / Jen Sincero
11. Shattered / Jonathan Allen, Amie Parnes
12. Al Franken, Giant of the Senate / Al Franken
13. The Operator / Robert O'Neill
14. Rich Dad Poor Dad / Robert T. Kiyosaki
15. Killers of the Flower Moon / David Grann
16. Born a Crime / Trevor Noah
17. Alexander Hamilton / Ron Chernow
18. The Magnolia Story / Chip Gaines & Joanna Gaines
19. Hidden Figures / Margot Lee Shetterly
20. Killing England / Martin Dugard, Bill O'Reilly

US AUDIOBOOKS

1. The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck / Mark Manson
2. The Four Agreements (Unabridged) / Don Miguel Ruiz
3. The Dark Tower I: The Gunslinger (Unabridged) / Stephen King
4. The Witness / Nora Roberts
5. How to Win Friends & Influence People (Unabridged) / Dale Carnegie
6. Hillbilly Elegy (Unabridged) / J. D. Vance
7. The Shack (Unabridged) / Wm. Paul Young
8. Extreme Ownership (Unabridged) / Jocko Willink, Leif Babin
9. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, Book 1 (Unabridged) / J.K. Rowling
10. Rich Dad Poor Dad / Robert T. Kiyosaki
11. The Handmaid's Tale (Unabridged) / Margaret Atwood
12. The Art of War (Unabridged) / Sun Tzu
13. You Are a Badass (Unabridged) / Jen Sincero
14. The Alchemist (Unabridged) / Paulo Coelho
15. The Secret (Unabridged) / Rhonda Byrne
16. Astrophysics for People in a Hurry (Unabridged) / Neil de Grasse Tyson
17. The Five Love Languages (Unabridged) / Gary Chapman
18. The Total Money Makeover / Dave Ramsey
19. The Power of Now (Unabridged) / Eckhart Tolle
20. It (Unabridged) / Stephen King