India ranks third in mobile VPN downloads: Report

India ranked third globally in downloading mobile VPN (virtual private network) apps, with over 57 million downloads in the last 12 months, according to a report by VPN review service Top10VPN. Indonesia topped, while the United States followed closely behind.

The firm analyzed VPN apps discoverable in Google Play and Apple’s App Store, for a total of 293 unique apps.

A VPN allows one to bypass geo-blocks and government censorship by hiding the real Internet Protocol (IP) address on the Internet.