TikTok Dethrones Facebook, Becomes World's Most Downloaded App

TikTok has managed to become the world's nigh downloaded app, according to Nikkei. TikTok managed to trump Facebook in the process, an app that held the crown until now.

TikTok jumped over several Facebook apps to become the world'south most downloaded app

TikTok managed to grow at an incredible charge per unit over the years, which brought it where it is at present. It has been the almost popular app for a long, long time at this point. The pandemic arguably fifty-fifty helped TikTok grow. People spent a lot of time at home, and TikTok was the perfect app to help them kill some fourth dimension.

This report has been compiled by Nikkei, and is based on information from App Annie. Do annotation that the information is for 2020, and it compares the country of each app with 2019.

Every bit you tin can see in the list provided below this paragraph, TikTok jumped from fourth-placed, to first identify. On its way, information technology jumped over not only Facebook, but too WhatsApp and Facebook Messenger. Those are all Facebook-owned apps, though.

4 Facebook apps are trailing behind TikTok

Facebook, WhatsApp, and Instagram are now ranked second, third, and 4th on this list. Facebook Messenger took fifth identify, while it was first placed in 2019.

Snapchat improved its standing, and is at present sixth-placed, and it's followed past Telegram. Likee is eight, and is followed by Pinterest and Twitter which shut out the pinnacle 10 list.

In the top ten virtually downloaded apps, at that place are 7 apps from the US, two from Red china, and ane from Russian federation. Nigh of the apps listed hither are social media apps, and are followed by messaging apps. What'southward interesting is that the top app is a short videos app, the simply one in that category.

TikTok is even so growing, and it's likely information technology will keep this place by the end of 2021 as well. That app managed to become a phenomenon of sorts. Facebook will, of course, try to modify things around, equally information technology has four apps trailing behind TikTok at the moment.