TikTok and Chinese version Douyin claim No 1 spot in downloads and gross revenues for February

TikTok/Douyin overtook Telegram to become the world’s most downloaded app in February, with over 56 million installs. The Chinese owned video platform was also the highest earning app worldwide in the same month, with user spending reaching over US$110mil. — SCMP

Short video app TikTok and its mainland Chinese version Douyin became the world’s most downloaded non-gaming app in February, and remained the top-grossing app worldwide for the eleventh consecutive month, according to mobile app data analysis firm Sensor Tower.

The viral short video hit owned by Beijing-based ByteDance had over 56 million downloads worldwide last month, according to Sensor Tower. Overall, Chinese users accounted for the biggest share of new downloads among all countries in February, accounting for 18%, with most of that from Douyin. The US was the second-largest country by the number of downloads last month, with an 11% share.