Telegram dethrones TikTok to turn out to be most downloaded non-gaming app in January: Sensor Tower

Telegram has overtaken TikTok to turn out to be probably the most downloaded non-gaming app general in January 202,  as per Sensor Tower’s report. The messaging platform recorded greater than 63 million installs which is 3.8 occasions downloads when in comparison with January 2020. The app clearly benefitted from WhatsApp’s new privateness insurance policies that precipitated a stir and led to customers in search of alternate options reasonably than settle for the phrases and situations.
While Telegram was probably the most downloaded non-gaming app on Play Store, it bagged the fourth spot in Apple’s App Store. On iOS units, TikTok remains to be probably the most downloaded app in January 2021 adopted by YouTube and video-conferencing app Zoom. Overall, TikTok’s downloads had been surpassed by one million within the earlier month.
Telegram rose from ninth place in December 2020 to the highest in January 2021. Out of 63 million downloads, 24 per cent got here from India adopted by 10 per cent in Indonesia.

However, Telegram was not the one messaging app that rose by means of the ranks. Signal’s downloads skyrocketed too because it was the second-most downloaded app on Google Play Store and third general. On Apple App Store, Signal managed to interrupt into the highest 10 because it was tenth on the checklist.
Signal witnessed a large surge in its downloads quickly after the Facebook-owned messaging platform’s new privateness insurance policies had been launched. SpaceX and Tesla CEO Elon Musk’s tweet helped the app’s recognition develop manifold as WhatsApp drew flak worldwide.
In the absence of short-form video-sharing app TikTok, ‘Made in India’ app Moj managed to seize the eighth spot on Play Store’s prime 10 checklist. It has over 100 million downloads on the platform. Despite all controversies, WhatsApp was on the checklist too grabbing the fifth spot general.