Social Networking app screenshots with a small app screen

The app’s screen takes under a third of the picture. A small screen leaves most of the picture to the words, a photograph or an illustration.

From the top 100 free Social Networking apps on the US App Store, read on October 9, 2026. Screenshots are the developers’ own, shown from Apple’s servers with a link to each app.

The numbers

Apps that do it

14% 14 of 100

Screenshots that do it

3% 15 of 554

The top ten

1 of 10 against 13 of the other 90

15 of the 554 Social Networking screenshots read (3%) do this, across 14 of the top 100 apps (14%). 1 of the top ten do it (10%), against 13 of the other 90 (14%): the top ten do it about as often as the rest. Of the 23 categories read so far, Social Networking is 15th for this. It is most common in Food & Drink (30% of apps) and least common in Games (2%).

12 examples from the chart.

12 of the 15 Social Networking app screenshots with a small app screen, one from each app, the highest on the chart first.

Text Free: Second Phone Number App Store screenshot 1, headline “The private second phone number app”. Screen is small. — **Text Free: Second Phone Number**#19 in Social Networking · screenshot 1“The private second phone number app”

All 15 on the wall

What these screenshots say, word for word.

The words on all 14 that carry any, as each app wrote them.

“group chats for people who touch grass”GroupMe · #8 · screenshot 1
“The private second phone number app”Text Free: Second Phone Number · #19 · screenshot 1
“Chat with People”Yik Yak · #27 · screenshot 4
“Zero-in on your type”Use filters and tags to find exactly what youre looking for.Grindr - Gay Dating & Chat · #29 · screenshot 5
“Authenticity Wins Join Taimi For Better Connections”Taimi LGBTQ+ Dating & Chat App · #41 · screenshot 2
“Keep connected”Stay closerWidgetable: Besties & Couples · #42 · screenshot 1
“Unlimited calling and texting”Talkatone: WiFi Text & Calls · #43 · screenshot 1
“Communicate easily”Rakuten Viber Messenger · #52 · screenshot 1
JAY SHETTY x match“Date differently with Jay Shetty.”Together with Match's new Relationship Advisor, we've created new features to help you date with intention.Match Dating App: Chat & Meet · #57 · screenshot 2
“Freedom for Every Fantasy”Sea Soul · #67 · screenshot 2
“MEET REAL PEOPLE”50,000,000+ DOWNLOADSBoo Dating App: Date & Friends · #80 · screenshot 1
“UNLEASH YOUR KINKY SUPERPOWERS”FET: Kinky BDSM Dating App · #81 · screenshot 1
Every day“One friend”Wakey wakey eggs and You were picked to vlogVlogit: Vlogs With Friends · #90 · screenshot 3
“Share your Moments!”KakaoTalk : Messenger · #97 · screenshot 2

Top ten Social Networking apps that do it.

#8GroupMe1 of its 6 screenshots

The same tactic in other categories.

Category	Apps that do it	Screenshots	Top ten
Food & Drink	30% 30 of 100	6% 35 of 540	3 of 10
Finance	25% 25 of 100	6% 35 of 581	4 of 10
Medical	24% 24 of 100	5% 28 of 548	4 of 10
Travel	21% 21 of 100	5% 27 of 561	2 of 10
Utilities	21% 21 of 100	4% 24 of 549	1 of 10
Lifestyle	18% 18 of 100	4% 21 of 556	0 of 10
Sports	18% 18 of 100	4% 21 of 558	3 of 10
Navigation	17% 17 of 99	4% 22 of 566	0 of 10
Music	17% 17 of 100	4% 22 of 550	0 of 10
Shopping	16% 16 of 100	4% 21 of 562	4 of 10
News	15% 15 of 98	4% 21 of 517	2 of 10
Productivity	15% 15 of 99	3% 18 of 551	1 of 10
Business	15% 15 of 100	3% 16 of 554	1 of 10
Entertainment	15% 15 of 100	3% 16 of 544	0 of 10
Social Networking	14% 14 of 100	3% 15 of 554	1 of 10
Education	12% 12 of 100	3% 18 of 555	1 of 10
Graphics & Design	11% 11 of 99	2% 14 of 564	0 of 10
Health & Fitness	11% 11 of 100	2% 12 of 574	0 of 10
Reference	11% 11 of 100	2% 11 of 566	0 of 10
Weather	11% 11 of 100	2% 13 of 555	2 of 10
Developer Tools	8% 8 of 100	2% 12 of 507	1 of 10
Photo & Video	5% 5 of 100	1% 5 of 566	0 of 10
Games	2% 2 of 100	1% 3 of 567	0 of 10

Screen is small, across all categories

Often on the same screenshot

Phone at an angle60% of these screenshots, against 7% of all Social Networking screenshots
Words aligned left53% of these screenshots, against 15% of all Social Networking screenshots
Headline readable at thumbnail size67% of these screenshots, against 29% of all Social Networking screenshots
High contrast words53% of these screenshots, against 22% of all Social Networking screenshots
A person in the picture80% of these screenshots, against 54% of all Social Networking screenshots
App icon shown40% of these screenshots, against 15% of all Social Networking screenshots

Questions, answered from the chart.

How many top Social Networking apps have App Store screenshots with a small app screen?

14 of the top 100 Social Networking apps (14%) have at least one, and 15 of their 554 screenshots (3%) do it. Counted from the US App Store’s top free chart on October 9, 2026.

Which Social Networking apps have App Store screenshots with a small app screen?

In the top ten: GroupMe (#8). Further down the chart: Text Free: Second Phone Number (#19), Yik Yak (#27), Grindr - Gay Dating & Chat (#29), Taimi LGBTQ+ Dating & Chat App (#41) and Widgetable: Besties & Couples (#42), and 8 more.

Should my Social Networking app have App Store screenshots with a small app screen?

The chart shows who does it, not whether it would work for your app. 1 of the top ten Social Networking apps do it (10%), against 13 of the other 90 (14%), so the top ten do it about as often as the rest. Ten apps is a small group, so read that as a description of this chart and not as a rule.

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