TikTok Maintains its Position at the Top of the Monthly App Download Chart, Despite Rising Competition

While audio social could also be the trending operate of the second, and copycat variations of TikTok proceed to realize traction on YouTube, Snapchat and Instagram, the unique has nonetheless held its floor in the obtain charts, coming in at primary, as soon as once more, on Sensor Tower’s month-to-month app obtain itemizing for April 2021.

As you possibly can see right here, TikTok has held its floor at the prime of the obtain charts for an additional month.
Despite being banned in India, its greatest person market at the time of its removing, and a gradual circulate of challengers rising as much as steal its thunder over time, increasingly more customers hold coming to the quick video app, which is on observe to develop into the subsequent billion-user platform at some stage this yr.
As defined by Sensor Tower:

“TikTok was the most downloaded non-gaming app worldwide for April 2021 with greater than 59 million installs. The international locations with the largest quantity of TikTok installs have been from Brazil at 13%, adopted by Douyin in China at 12 p.c.” 
TikTok’s progress is important, significantly in the face of ongoing considerations and controversies, and as famous, extra copycat capabilities being added to main social media apps. Indeed, YouTube lately reported that its TikTok clone ‘Shorts’ is now facilitating 6.5 billion views per thirty days, an enormous quantity which you’d assume must eat into TikTok’s viewers share considerably. 
We’ll see if that turns into a much bigger situation for TikTok with Shorts being launched to all US customers over the subsequent week, whereas Snapchat’s Spotlight can be now as much as 125 million month-to-month customers, and Instagram Reels continues to realize traction.
Yet, even with quick movies being made extra available in all places else, TikTok’s momentum has held, which is a optimistic signal for the platform as it really works to evolve to the subsequent stage, which incorporates extra enterprise and income era instruments for creators.
Sensor Tower’s prime apps itemizing is essentially unchanged from final month, with the solely notable addition being Indian streaming app ‘Hotstar’ in the Google Play downloads prime 10, largely resulting from cricket protection. 
Facebook, of course, nonetheless dominates the general chart, with 4 of the prime 10 apps in all classes, however the resilience of TikTok over time is actually superb. No different trending app has had the endurance of the app, significantly in the face of competitors. In reality, proper now, we’ve the case examine of Clubhouse as a comparative instance – a trending app that noticed enormous traction, however is now seemingly on the decline as Facebook and Twitter advance their very own competing audio social instruments.
That largely mirrors the trajectory of most trending social apps, however TikTok has been capable of keep its place, and run with the huge gamers, as increasingly more younger individuals, particularly, discover connective worth in the app.
If you have not taken TikTok significantly in the previous, it could be time to reassess, and to think about its evolving advert and promotional choices inside your social media advertising and marketing strategy. 
You can take a look at Sensor Tower’s full month-to-month obtain itemizing for April 2021 right here.