TikTok extends reach in global markets, sees in-app purchases surge more than 200%


  • TECH
  • Wednesday, 17 Apr 2019

(FILES) In this file photo taken on December 14, 2018, a logo of the application TikTok is pictured in Paris. - The Indian government on April 16 ordered tech giants Google and Apple to take down the Chinese-owned Tiktok video app after a court expressed concerns over the spread of pornographic material, sources told AFP. (Photo by JOEL SAGET / AFP)

The social short video app TikTok, developed by Beijing-based Bytedance, attracted 188 million new users worldwide during the quarter ended March 31, a 70% jump year on year, according to a recent report by research firm Sensor Tower.

The rapid growth was mainly driven by India where 88.6 million new users downloaded the app during the period.

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