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TikTok and Douyin still the world’s most downloaded non-game apps but growth has slowed
- TikTok and its Chinese version Douyin retained No 1 spot in global downloads in April with 59 million installs
- The apps’ global monthly installs have fallen from the peak in 2020 amid political headwinds in the US and India
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TikTok retained its crown as the world’s most downloaded non-game app in April with 59 million installs, around half of the 107 million downloads it registered a year ago, according to mobile market analytics firm Sensor Tower.
The figures include the short video app TikTok and its Chinese sibling Douyin, both owned by Beijing-based ByteDance.
The countries with the largest number of downloads were Brazil and China, making up 13 per cent and 12 per cent of TikTok and Douyin’s total installs, respectively. The US, which had the second largest number of installs between December and March, fell out of the top two spots, according to Sensor Tower.
TikTok’s fate in the US has been mired in uncertainty since last summer, when then-US president Donald Trump threatened to ban the app unless ByteDance divested TikTok’s American operations, which Oracle and Walmart had plans to acquire.
The current administration under President Joe Biden has paused legal action against TikTok, but it is still reviewing US policy towards Chinese apps.
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