Telegram Was The Most Downloaded Non-Gaming App in January 2021

Sensor tower has released its latest numbers for the most downloaded apps revealing that Telegram led the race as the most download non-gaming app in January. The application was downloaded 63 million times which is 4 times more than the same period last year. This sudden increase in downloads was sparked by the rather controversial change in WhatsApp’s privacy policy.

The highest number of downloads for Telegram came from India with 24 percent of the total number, i.e., 15 million downloads over the past month. The second-highest number of Telegram downloads came from Indonesia with over 6 million installs.

As far as other applications in the list of most downloaded apps are concerned, TikTok stands in second place with 62 million downloads. The countries with the largest number of TikTok installs were China, with over 10.5 million installs, i.e., 17%, followed by the United States, with more than 6 million downloads, i.e., 10%.

Apart from this, Signal, Facebook, WhatsApp, Instagram, ZOOM, MX Taka Tak, Snapchat, and Facebook Messenger round up the list of the top ten most installed non-gaming apps worldwide for January 2021.

The report also details most downloaded apps on both the App Store and Google Play Store. Where TikTok claimed the throne on Apple App Store, followed by YouTube, ZOOM, Telegram, and Facebook, Google Play Store was dominated by Telegram followed by Signal, TikTok, MX Taka Tak, and Facebook.

Note that these numbers are based on Sensor Tower’s Store Intelligence platform.