Here’s a quick look at the 10 most downloaded apps in January 2021

Telegram has become the most downloaded non-gaming app worldwide for January 2021 with more than 63 million installs, 3.8 times its downloads in the same month a year ago, according to the latest data released by the app analytics firm Sensor Tower.

Zee Media Bureau | Feb 09, 2021, 18:04 PM IST

As WhatsApp struggles with its controversial privacy policies, it has led to a massive drop in its user base. Tapping on this, messaging platforms like Signal and Telegram have seen huge downloads in the last few months. Driven by a renewed surge in India amid WhatsApp privacy row, Telegram has become the most downloaded non-gaming app worldwide for January 2021 with more than 63 million installs, 3.8 times its downloads in the same month a year ago, according to the latest data released by the app analytics firm Sensor Tower.

The countries with the largest number of Telegram installs were India at 24 percent, followed by Indonesia at 10 percent.

1/10

Facebook Messenger

Popular messaging platform owned by Facebook has secured the 10th spot on the list.

2/10

Snapchat

Used mostly by youngsters, Snapchat which was created by former Stanford University students Evan Spiegel, Bobby Murphy and Reggie Brown has received the ninth position on the list.

3/10

MX Takatak

The Times Group-owned short video platform MX TakaTak, which claims to have over 7 crore monthly active users, got the eighth position.

4/10

Zoom

Zoom, the California-based firm coveted the 7th position and it is widely used for teleconferencing, telecommuting, distance education and social relations.

5/10

Instagram

The Facebook-owned photo and video-sharing social networking service became the sixth-highest downloaded app on the list.

6/10

WhatsApp slid to the fifth position from its earlier third place, in January due to its controversial privacy policies which brought a lot of brickbats for the company.

7/10

Facebook

Mark Zuckerberg led Facebook has been in news for quite some time and it has now evolved into one of the biggest social media platforms on the planet.

8/10

Signal

Developed by Signal Technology Foundation and Signal Messenger LLC, the encrypted messaging service allows users to send messages in form of texts, images and voice with the help of the internet.

9/10

TikTok

TikTok emerged as the second most installed non-gaming app worldwide last month with close to 62 million installs.

10/10

Telegram has become the most downloaded non-gaming app worldwide in January 2021, with 24 percent of the total downloads coming from India. The messaging app was downloaded 63 million times (which means India saw around 15 million new Telegram users in January, going by the percentage given).

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