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MapQuest app reaches No 1 on US Apple list after defying Trump’s Lake Ontario order

The Guardian Business · 1 September 2026 at 14:49

MapQuest app reaches No 1 on US Apple list after defying Trump’s Lake Ontario order

Navigating app surpasses Google and Apple Maps on top-downloaded US chart after posting ‘we’re not changing it’ A pioneering online mapping app that defied Donald Trump by refusing to rename Lake Ontario has become the most in-demand navigation tool in the US.

MapQuest, which was openly dismissive of the president’s 27 August executive order directing federal agencies to refer to the smallest of the Great Lakes as “Lake America” amid a trade spat with Canada, leapfrogged rivals Google Maps and Apple Maps to top the most-downloaded list, as first reported by TechCrunch .

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