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In the history of the Apple App Store, Angry Birds holds the record for most days at the top of the Paid Apps chart, having spent a total of 275 days at the No.1 position; Angry Birds Rio has been No.1 for a total of 23 days, ranking ninth on the list.[127] In Apple's "iTunes Rewind" list of the most popular iTunes Store media for 2011, Angry Birds was the top-selling paid iPhone/iPod app on the App Store and its free version was the fourth-most downloaded.[128] The game's two special-edition versions, Angry Birds Seasons and Angry Birds Rio, were also ranked in the top 10 for paid iPhone/iPod apps, while its iPad-exclusive Angry Birds HD versions were the top-selling and top-downloaded iPad apps for the year.[128] Mattel also made a few board games based on the app. These were called Angry Birds: Knock on Wood, Angry Birds: On Thin Ice, and Angry Birds: Mega Smash.

In February 2010, Angry Birds was a nominee for the "Best Casual Game" award at the 6th annual International Mobile Gaming Awards in Barcelona, Spain.[129] In September 2010, IGN named Angry Birds as the fourth best iPhone game of all time.[130] In April 2011, Angry Birds won both the "Best Game App" and "App of the Year" at the UK Appy Awards.[131] At the 2011 Webby Awards, Angry Birds was awarded "Best Game for Handheld Devices".[132]

At the 14th Annual Interactive Achievement Awards (now known as the D.I.C.E. Awards), Angry Birds HD was awarded "Casual Game of the Year", and also received nominations for "Outstanding Innovation in Gaming" and "Game of the Year".[133] It is the first mobile app game in the ceremony's history to be nominated for "Game of the Year".

In 2015, a sequel, Angry Birds 2, was released, featuring two new birds, a Peale's falcon named Silver, a potoo named Melody,[134] as well as a playable pig named Leonard, who originated from the Angry Birds movies.[135]

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