Looks like PYMNTS released their semi-annual "Apple Pay is a failure" report. I mean, the US definitely has some of the world's lowest usage of contactless payment, but I think 6% is a significant undercount. IIRC it's more like 15% overall with NYC and a few other cities getting a fair bit higher than that.

Anyway, I've long suspected they have some motive for their negative Apple Pay reporting but I'm still not 100% sure what that is. The best I figure is that the people responsible for that publication are big into various companies that make retailer-specific apps happen, even if those apps aren't solely for payment. Even if that's where the market is ultimately going (mainly app/website ordering, curbside pickup/delivery and similar for every transaction that can easily be adapted to those), you'd think they'd focus a bit more on app/website usage of Apple Pay.