
The app is also the #1 education app on Android as far as free apps go.Īpple doesn’t have a count for the Classroom app on iOS, but the app has exploded in popularity there too.

In Mexico, Canada, Finland, Italy, Indonesia, and Poland, the app has also been boosted with more popularity.įor the Google Classroom app, that’s left the app with 50 million downloads on the Play Store overall, a milestone for any application.

According to AppBrain (via Android Police), a service that tracks app popularity over time, noted that the Classroom app wasn’t even in the top 100 education apps early on in March.Īs of March 10th, Google Classroom saw a huge spike to the top 5 of the Play Store’s education catalog in the United States. That’s quickly changing, though, in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic. Google Classroom has been around for quite some time at this point, but the free service hasn’t been especially popular. Now, the coronavirus pandemic has boosted Google Classroom to 50 million downloads on Android and to the #1 education app on both Android and iOS.

With schools out in many locations around the United States, teachers and parents alike are looking for alternative ways to keep students occupied.
