Instagram steals the thunder from TikTok to become the most downloaded app in the world

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TikTok remains the most downloaded app in the United States on the App Store and Google Play in the last quarter of 2021. — AFP Relaxnews

At the end of 2021, TikTok had slipped down from its first-place standing. According to a ranking, the Chinese social network was outdone by Instagram. Check out the rest of the ranking of the most downloaded apps in the last quarter of 2021.

The controversies didn’t slow down Instagram’s march to glory. According to the Sensor Tower report for the last quarter of 2021, the social network of the Meta group finished at the top of the most downloaded applications in the world during the last quarter of last year.

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Instagram steals the thunder from TikTok to become the most downloaded app in the world