TikTok Touches 1.5 Billion Downloads Mark, India Becomes Largest Installer Of App

and Apple’s App Store where India is leading the charts with 466.8 million users. As per mobile intelligence firm Sensor Tower, the app accumulated 614 million downloads in the year 2019 which is more than the last year.

Meanwhile, India has topped in global installs this year with 277.6 million downloads. China became the second highest downloader with 45.5 million, US being the third with 37.6 million in the year 2019.

However, the installs does not comprise of downloads from third-party Android. Sachin Sharma, Director - Sales and Partnership, TikTok India, "We have successfully partnered with various brands in the ecommerce, FMCG, BFSI, and education space.

Going forward, we will continue to focus on enhancing the user experience and working closely with our partner brands to build innovative advertising solutions for their campaigns’’.

After WhatsApp and Facebook Messenger, TikTok becomes the third most downloaded non-gaming app of the year. In the fourth place, Facebook stands with 587 million downloads and Instagram is at number five with 376.2 million installs.

Meanwhile, TikTok crossed 1 billion in the month of February this year and further 500 million was added in the next six months.