Why I Don’t Trust Okta’s Fastest-Growing Apps 2022 List

Breaking down the “Businesses at Work 2022” numbers.

This is the reality. Chart created by author using Canva.

I guess you’ve seen the fastest-growing apps 2022 chart quite a few times by now. It’s been bouncing around Linkedin and Twitter and Medium ever since it was published in January. (Have you tried the search query the fastest-growing apps 2022 on Linkedin? It yields hundreds of posts from Fivetran employees using the exact same message…)

The data is from Okta’s yearly Businesses at Work report. This is what the original chart from the report looks like:

The original fastest-growing apps chart from Okta’s report.

But most of you have probably seen a slightly different version:

The data is exactly the same, the only thing that differs is the design. I haven’t been able to trace the origin of this custom version, so if you know who made it — holler in the comments! 💬

Update: Curiosity CEO and founder Leon Zucchini made the colorful chart for a blog post published on May 11. After reading…