TikTok is seemingly thriving during the global pandemic, and today, analytics platform Sensor Tower reported that the social media platform has been downloaded more than 2 billion times globally.
TikTok was downloaded 315 million times this quarter alone in the App Store and Google Play combined.
Notably, these app download figures don’t account for third-party app stores that are popular in China.
Sensor Tower says India, China, and the US are the countries that account for the most downloads.
Sensor Tower attributed much of the latest surge in popularity to the coronavirus pandemic, which has pushed more consumers to their mobile devices looking to connect with others during quarantines and social distancing efforts. TikTok enjoys its greatest popularity in India, which accounts for 30.3% of its downloads, followed by China (9.7%) and the US (8.2%).
TikTok is a social media app where users, mostly teens and young adults, post videos of up to 15 seconds long, often synced with music. The app is owned by Chinese firm ByteDance, currently the most valuable startup in the world.
However, the app has come under increasing scrutiny in recent months. US lawmakers have accused the app of being a threat to national security, and the Army and Navy have banned the app from government devices.
