Me: “Does anyone have a question about app rankings? Yes sir, you in the back.”
Reporter: “What the hell’s going on with the Provider Ranking of Shopping Apps this month?”
Me: “Security, could you be a dear and seize him?”
That (almost) never happens. We just needed your full attention because this latest update to PYMNTS Provider Ranking of Shopping Apps makes one dizzy with all the changes we’re seeing.
We sense macro moves in shopping and payments ecosystems afoot. More will be revealed.
The Top 5
How does SHEIN do it? Spending month after month at No. 1, and there we find them again. At No. 2 is the Walmart app, where they were last month. So far, no big deal, right? Wrong.
Skyrocketing six whole chart positions in a single month, Alibaba.com blasts off from No. 9 up to No. 3, pushing the hugely popular Amazon app down one spot to No. 4.
Also dropping one spot from the previous ranking is AliExpress Shopping App, taking No. 5 and completing the Top 5 for the latest ranking of shopping apps.
The Top 10
Continuing along we come to the Wish app dropping one spot to No. 6, followed by Nike at No. 7 just doing it by rising one spot from the previous ranking. And may we just add … swoosh.
New at No. 8 “with a bullet” as they say in the radio biz, it’s the Fetch Rewards app.
Down a steep three chart positions yet always a top-ranked player, eBay comes in at No. 9, followed by another brand that toppled three chart positions but stayed in the Top 10, Japan’s Mercari app. That does it for another exciting edition of the Provider Ranking of Shopping Apps.
Security? Be a lamb and let that guy back in …