TikTok among ten most downloaded apps worldwide in May 2020

TikTok garnered more than 111.9 million installs in May

TikTok was the most downloaded app globally, in May 2020, reports Mobile app market intelligence firm Sensor Tower.

The Chinese short-video app garnered more than 111.9 million installs, a 2x year-over-year increase from May 2019. The countries with the most installs of the app during this period were India at 20 per cent of its total downloads and the United States at 9.3 per cent.

TikTok was followed by Zoom, as the second most installed non-game app worldwide in May with nearly 94.6 million downloads, a 43x increase from May 2019. Zoom’s top clients in May were also the US at 17 per cent, followed by India at 17 per cent.

Zoom also reported that its earnings soared as its video-meeting service became a popular way to work and socialize while hunkered down due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Zoom said it made a profit of $27 million on revenue that leaped 169 percent to slightly more than $328 million in the fiscal quarter that ended April 30.

In the same quarter a year earlier, Zoom reported zero dollars per share in net income for stockholders

WhatsApp, Facebook, and Messenger take the top five most installed non-gaming apps worldwide for the month.

Apple apps and Google pre-installed apps are excluded from the statistics.

PHOTO: SENSOR TOWER

Here is the list of 10 most downloaded apps for May 2020:

1.TikTok

2.ZOOM

3.WhatsApp

4.Facebook

5.Messenger

6.Instagram

7.Google Meet

8.Aarogya Setu

9.YouTube

10.Snapchat