<p>Additive manufacturing (AM) has become a key driver of change in manufacturing mainly because of its ability to produce complex geometries, enable mass customization, reduce waste materials, and shorten product development cycles. Among the different additive manufacturing (AM) methods, fused deposition modelling (FDM) is still the leading method mainly because of its low, cost, material versatility, and simplicity of implementation. Over the past few years, FDM has expanded rapidly in various industrial and social domains. This research offers a complete bibliometric and application-oriented literature review of FDM research published. More than one hundred and fifty peer reviewed journal articles were systematically analyzed and classified using a structured classification scheme. The reviewed literature was classified into application based and non-application-based studies and then classified according to application domain, year of publication, journal source, and authors’ nationality. Ten major application domains were identified, namely biomedical, manufacturing, electronics, automobile, aerospace, construction, environment, hydrology, food industry, and explosives. The analysis shows a major increase in application driven FDM research after 2016, with biomedical and manufacturing sectors as the most dominant areas. The geographic analysis highlights significant research contributions from India, China, the USA, and European countries. The findings indicate the transition of FDM from a tool for rapid prototyping to functional and end use applications. The review serves as a comprehensive guide for the myriad applications of FDM. It is a rich source of information that can help both researchers and industry professionals to spot new trends, recognize gaps in the existing body of research, and delineate the directions of future studies related to FDM, enabled green manufacturing.</p>