Monthly downloads of the leading eTrading apps in the UK 2017-2021

Since late 2020, eToro has been the most popular eTrading app in the United Kingdom based on monthly downloads. Prior to this, the contract for difference (CFD) trading app Plus500 was consistently more popular, however eToro downloads spiked in early 2021, amounting over 100,000 downloads per month in January, February, April and May of 2021. The timing of this spike in popularity is likely influenced by the media attention paid to retail investors, generally using eTrading apps, coordinating their activity via social media to drive up the stock price of companies such as GameStop and AMC Entertainment.

自2020年末以来，根据月度下载量统计，eToro已成为英国最受欢迎的电子交易应用程序。在此之前，差价合约（CFD）交易应用Plus500一直占据主导地位，然而，eToro的下载量在2021年初急剧上升，2021年1月、2月、4月和5月每月的下载量均超过10万次。此次受欢迎度的激增时间点，很可能受到媒体对零售投资者关注度的提升所影响，这些投资者普遍通过电子交易应用程序进行交易，并通过社交媒体协调活动以推高诸如GameStop和AMC娱乐等公司的股价。