The video-sharing platform was the top-grossing app on the App Store, and the second-highest-grossing on Google Play, coming just after Google One. TikTok generated an impressive $821 million in consumer spending in the last quarter. TikTok isn’t just the most downloaded app in the world-it’s also the highest-grossing non-game app, based on Q1 2022 revenue from the App Store and Google Play: Rank However, it’s worth noting that the bans in Pakistan only lasted a few days before being lifted, and currently, Pakistanis are able to access the platform. Pakistan has blocked TikTok multiple times because of concerns over “inappropriate” content. India’s not the only country that’s banned the use of TikTok. Prior to the ban, India accounted for 30% of TikTok’s downloads. This is impressive considering the app has been banned in India as of June 2020. In Q1 2021, TikTok exceeded 3.5 billion all-time downloads, becoming the fifth app (and the first non-Meta app) to reach this milestone. Just outside the top 10 are Zoom and WhatsApp Business (yet another Meta-owned app).

Meta’s four platforms on the list are Instagram, Facebook, WhatsApp, and Messenger, while ByteDance owns TikTok and video-editing platform CapCut. Social Reigns SupremeĪccording to the report, total app downloads reached 36.9 billion in Q1 2022, a 1.4% increase compared to Q1 2021.Ī majority of the top 10 most downloaded apps were social media platforms, with Meta and ByteDance owning six of the top 10. This graphic uses data from a recent report by Sensor Tower to show the top 10 most downloaded apps around the world in Q1 2022 from the Google Play and Apple App Store. Whether they’re providing a service like ride-sharing or acting as a mere source of entertainment, mobile apps have become an integral part of many peoples’ day-to-day lives.īut which apps are most popular among users?

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