MapQuest is now the No. 1 US app after bucking Trump’s ‘Lake America’ renaming

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The US navigation app MapQuest saw a significant increase in users after avoiding the Trump administration’s proposal to rename “Lake America”; it now ranks first among the most popular navigation apps in the United States.

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T TechCrunch en 2026-09-03 04:12

After refusing to adopt Trump’s proposal to rename “America’s Lakes”, MapQuest has become the number-one app in Apple’s US App Store. In just six days, this app received more than half of its total downloads in the United States in 2026. Previously, MapQuest was the leading map app in the US.