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Binge-watching dominated the decade. These were the apps where people spent the most money over the last 10 years.

Mary Meisenzahl   

Binge-watching dominated the decade. These were the apps where people spent the most money over the last 10 years.
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FILE PHOTO: The logos of mobile apps, Google, Amazon, Facebook, Apple and Netflix, are displayed on a screen in this illustration picture taken December 3, 2019. REUTERS/Regis Duvignau/File Photo

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FILE PHOTO: The logos of mobile apps, Google, Amazon, Facebook, Apple and Netflix, are displayed on a screen in this illustration picture

What we spend money on reveals a lot about us, and apps are no exception. What we choose to download gives a picture of how we spend our time. Apps that are worth spending money on, then, are even more telling.

App Analytics firm App Annie put together a list of the ten apps with the most consumer spending over the decade. Video and music streaming made up more than half of the list, with Netflix as the top video platform, and Pandora as the top music platform. Chinese company Tencent also had a strong showing, with two different apps making an appearance.

Although many dating apps have come since, Tinder is still on top, at least in terms of spending. It was the only dating app to make the list.

Here are the top apps in consumer spending from the past ten years.

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