TikTok Was the Top App Worldwide in Q1 2022: Sensor Tower

TikTok has surpassed Instagram and grow to be the world’s high downloaded app within the first quarter of 2022, in response to a report by app market intelligence agency Sensor Tower. The short-video app, which is banned in India, managed to proceed to be one of many top-five high downloaded apps worldwide. However, Meta — the dad or mum firm of Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp — retained its dominance within the app market globally, with Instagram, Facebook, and WhatsApp because the three high downloaded apps worldwide after TikTok.

Sensor Tower reports that no app has had extra downloads than TikTok for the reason that begin of 2018. Since the start of 2022, the app has been downloaded greater than 175 million occasions, in response to the report.

TikTok was the highest app worldwide in Q1 2022
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TikTok surpassed 70 million downloads on the App Store worldwide for the third time within the first quarter. It was pushed by 11 % quarter-over-quarter development in Asia. CapCut, a video enhancing app from TikTok’s writer ByteDance, additionally had the final quarter as its greatest up to now with greater than 30 million downloads. It has ranked among the many high 10 App Store apps every of the previous 5 quarters, Sensor Tower stated in its 75-page report.

Alongside the worldwide development, TikTok has emerged as the highest downloaded app on each the App Store and Google Play within the US and on Google Play in Europe. The ban in India additionally did not impression a lot in Asia as TikTok continued to be the top-downloaded app on the App Store within the area. It additionally moved to the third high downloaded app place on Google Play from the fourth one within the quarter earlier.

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However, on Google Play worldwide, Instagram and Facebook managed to continue to struggle TikTok and retain their management on the top-two positions.

In addition to TikTok, YouTube emerged as one of many top-two apps on the US App Store every quarter for the reason that first quarter of 2021, per the report.

Sensor Tower stated that whereas TikTok has surpassed 10 million downloads every of the previous 9 quarters, YouTube has overtaken this threshold for eight straight quarters.

But nonetheless, TikTok continued to realize momentum within the US. Sensor Tower famous that it was the highest app on Google Play for the third straight quarter, with installs up 19 % year-on-year within the first quarter.

The ongoing pattern of connecting individuals over digital calls — regardless of the revival of bodily conferences — has apparently helped Zoom to develop out there by which entertainment-focussed apps together with TikTok and Facebook dad or mum Meta are writing new development tales.

Sensor Tower stated that Zoom had constructive quarter-on-quarter development for the primary time in a yr by reaching the quantity six place on Google Play within the US with greater than three million downloads. It was the highest app on Google Play as just lately as the primary quarter of 2021, the report stated.

Apps together with Telegram and WhatsApp have a troublesome struggle in Europe. While WhatsApp managed to take the second place within the listing of high downloaded apps within the continent, Telegram additionally had its second-best quarter within the area within the first quarter of 2022, trailing the practically 28 million installs it had in the identical quarter of 2021, in response to Sensor Tower.

WhatsApp was additionally the highest app significantly on the App Store in Europe for the seventh straight quarter within the first quarter. Sensor Tower stated that it was additionally WhatsApp’s greatest first quarter of the yr since 2018.

In Asia, Instagram continued to return as the highest app for the third straight quarter within the first quarter, adopted by Facebook. Instagram was additionally the highest app in India the place it accounted for greater than 60 % of Instagram’s installs within the nation, Sensor Tower stated.

Instagram was additionally the highest app on Google Play in Asia — forward of Facebook and Shopee. Sensor Tower famous that the photo-sharing app accounted for 29 % of Meta’s Google Play installs in Asia within the first quarter, up from 26 % in the identical quarter final yr and 18 % in the identical quarter of 2020.

Shopping apps are additionally seen getting larger in Asia — at the very least on Google Play. Sensor Tower stated that buying app installs on Google Play in Asia grew 63 % year-on-year within the first quarter. Top apps embrace Shopee, Meesho, and Flipkart’s Shopsy.

In gaming, Garena Free Fire, which acquired banned by the Indian authorities in February, was the highest app within the first quarter around the globe, adopted by Subway Surfers, Merge Master, and Roblox. India’s Ludo King additionally emerged amongst the top-ten high downloaded video games worldwide, the report revealed.

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On the App Store, Subway Surfers, Wordle, and Coloring Match have been the top-three video games worldwide within the final quarter. Garena Free Fire, Subway Surfers, and Merge Master have been, nonetheless, the top-three video games worldwide on Google Play.

Wordle — which is called after New York Times’ phrase sport Wordle — was additionally the highest sport within the US, with greater than 9 million downloads. It was additionally the highest sport on the App Store within the nation and had the highest US App Store downloads since Among Us within the fourth quarter of 2020. Wordus and Word Guess have been the opposite two video games with Wordle-style gameplay that ranked among the many high 20 video games within the nation, the report talked about.

However, Sensor Tower stated Roblox managed to proceed rating among the many top-five video games every quarter for the reason that fourth quarter of 2020. In Asia, the listing of top-three video games within the first quarter was the identical because the earlier quarter, with Garena Fire Fire main the chart, adopted by Ludo King and Subway Surfers.

“Garena Free Fire and Ludo King have been in a tight race since the start of 2019, with Garena Free Fire’s 468 million installs edging Ludo King’s 461 million since that time,” Sensor Tower stated.

PUBG Mobile additionally returned to the top-five listing in Asia within the final quarter. It took the highest spot on the App Store within the continent, with 37 % quarter-on-quarter development. However, Garena Free Fire emerged as the highest sport on Google Play in Asia. Garena Free Fire Max additionally managed to get greater than 60 % of its Google Play downloads in Asia within the final quarter, whereas the unique title took the opposite 39 %, the report reveals.

In phrases of demographics, India has continued to be the biggest marketplace for app downloads on the earth within the first quarter. It was adopted by the US, Brazil, and Indonesia, per the report.

India continued to steer within the high app markets worldwide in Q1 2022
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Sensor Tower additionally famous that Meta emerged as the highest writer throughout the globe for the primary time for the reason that first quarter of 2020. Google and ByteDance have been, although, the 2 different high publishers within the app market globally.

Overall, worldwide downloads of apps grew 1.4 % within the first quarter to 36.9 billion from the 36.4 billion downloads reported for the primary quarter final yr. Downloads from the App Store globally elevated to eight.6 billion from 8.4 billion final yr, whereas Google Play downloads reached 28.3 billion from 28 billion, Sensor Tower’s report reveals.

The report is predicated on App Store and Google Play obtain estimates between January 1 and March 31. Download estimates are on a per-user foundation and do not rely re-installs and updates of the identical app by the identical person. Also, Android app obtain estimates symbolize downloads from Google Play solely and do not contemplate obtain estimates from third-party Android shops.