These were the most downloaded free iTunes apps of ’17

LOS ANGELES – Snap Inc., the parent company of the Snapchat app, had a rough first year on Wall Street. Consumers couldn’t have cared less.

The Bitmoji app, owned by Snap, came in at No. 1 on Apple’s annual list of the most downloaded free iTunes apps of the year, followed by Snapchat in second place. Last year, Snapchat was the top app of the year, and Bitmoji, which can be used to create avatars that slip into Snaps and emails, wasn’t in the top 10.

As with years past, consumers mostly gravitated toward familiar favorites.

The rest of the top 10 include:

3. YouTube (up from No. 6 in 2016). Video viewing.

4.Facebook Messenger (No. 2 last year). Chat.

5. Instagram (fifth place, like in

2016). Photo sharing.

6. Facebook (No. 6 again). Social network.

7. Google Maps (No. 7 again). Navigation.

8. Netflix (up from No. 9). Video viewing.

9. Spotify (up from No. 10). Music streaming.

10. Uber, which wasn’t in the top 10 last year.

The only new entry to the top 15 was Wish, a shopping app offering lowprice goods from China, at No. 15. Last year’s new entry to the top 10,

Pokémon Go, was a short-lived smash. This year, it didn’t make the top charts, in either the free apps — or the free games — which were led by Super Ma

rio Run. Music streaming service Pandora left the top 10 to clock in at No. 12.

Apple apps, like Apple Music and Pages, come preloaded and thus don’t get ranked in Apple’s year-end charts.