Facebook, TikTok apps take a hit amid India’s lockdown

Global lockdowns owing to the coronavirus pandemic has led to a surge in smartphone usage with many apps experiencing huge spikes in new downloads. However, according to recent numbers released by online platform Apptopia as analyzed by TechCrunch, daily downloads for many popular apps in India have either taken a dip or remained stagnant during the lockdown.

Daily downloads for multiple popular apps including TikTok, WhatsApp, Truecaller, Helo, Vmate, Facebook, Google Pay, and Paytm have either remained stagnant or have reduced in the last three months as per Apptopia report.

Short video platform TikTok, for instance, had 20.2 million downloads in India in a 31-day period ending April 12 as compared to 21.6 million downloads in January.