Apps for boycotting American products surge to the top of the Danish App Store

European consumers are warring backmost against the U.S. pursuing Trump’s threats to instrumentality power of Greenland, a Danish territory. As a result, 2 mobile apps that connection a mode to find if products are made successful America, past suggest section alternatives, person surged to the apical of the Danish App Store successful caller days.

The Danish App Store serves users successful some Greenland and Denmark, and the aforesaid is existent for Google Play.

The boost successful downloads comes arsenic Danish consumers have been organizing a grassroots boycott of American-made products, which besides included canceling their U.S. vacations and ditching their subscriptions to U.S.-based streaming services, similar Netflix.

Across some iOS and Android, 2 apps, NonUSA and Made O’Meter, person entered the apical 10 this month, according to caller information from marketplace quality supplier Appfigures.

The former, NonUSA, became the No. 1 app connected Wednesday, aft earlier jumping from No. 6 connected Tuesday, up from No. 441 connected January 9. This app is specifically designed to let users to boycott American products successful their mundane lives. To usage the app, users scan merchandise barcodes, past presumption the product’s root accusation connected their iPhone. It besides suggests section Danish alternatives that users tin acquisition instead.

Currently, the app’s apical 5 markets are Denmark, Norway, Sweden, and Iceland, demonstrating a Nordic confederation successful boycotting American products.

Image Credits:Appfigures

Made O’Meter, which is disposable connected some iOS and Android, has a smaller footprint, but is present the No. 5 app connected the App Store.

Combined, the mean regular downloads for NonUSA for iOS, Made O’Meter for iOS, and Made O’Meter for Google Play person accrued 867% (or astir 9.7x) implicit the past 7 days, versus the week prior.

Image Credits:Made O'Meter (opens successful a caller window)

Of course, the fig of downloads the Danish App Store sees regular is rather small, compared to larger markets similar the U.S. In Denmark, it could lone instrumentality a fewer 1000 downloads successful a azygous time to scope the apical of the App Store. In total, Denmark’s iOS App Store sees astir 200,000 downloads per time successful full crossed each apps, Appfigures notes.

Other apps presently successful the Danish App Store’s apical 10 see a question app Rejsekort (perhaps adjuvant for those rescheduling question plans!), and different section services. Other U.S.-based apps successful the apical illustration see Shop, ChatGPT, and Microsoft Authenticator.