TikTok and Douyin still the world’s most downloaded non-game apps but growth has slowed

By Coco Feng

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Thursday, 06 May 2021
5:45 PM MYT

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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. — SCMP

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.

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TikTok and Douyin still the world’s most downloaded non-game apps but growth has slowed