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Table 2 Fifty smartphone application market niches grouped by the hierarchy of human psychological needs

From: The shock, the coping, the resilience: smartphone application use reveals Covid-19 lockdown effects on human behaviors

Theme

Categories

Mobility

Navigation, travel

Work

Online collaboration, productivity, job hunting

Commercial

Delayed delivery shopping, instant delivery shopping, online-to-offline (O2O) shopping, discount offers, car sales, payment, bookkeeping, seller backend, logistics

Information

News, web browser

Social

WeChat, social network service (SNS), dating, matchmaking, interest groups

Entertainment

Short video, long video, live show, video downloading, stimulating games, casual games, gaming supports, music, audiobooks, karaoke, novels, comics

Living

Local services, house hunting, car services, exercising, healthcare, new parents, finance, investing

Education

Under-12 (K12), under-18 (K18), adults, driving test

Tools

Translation, image editing, calendar, weather, phone tools