Zoom breaks TikTok's record of most downloads on App Store

San Francisco: US-based Video meet app Zoom app has broken Chinese short video making app TikToks record of most downloaded app on Apple App Store.

From April through June-end, Zoom was downloaded from App Store 94 million times —40 per cent more than TikTok’s previous record of 67 million downloads, reveals data from analytics firm Sensor Tower.

YouTube, Instagram, Facebook, Google Meet, Messenger, WhatsApp, Netflix and Microsoft Teams rounded out the top 10 for the App Store.

Overall, Zoom was downloaded 303 million times during Q2 on both App Store and Google Play Store.

According to Sensor Tower data, the spread of COVID-19 made a dramatic impact on the app



landscape.

Worldwide app downloads reached an all-time high of 37.8 billion in the second quarter – an increase of 31.7 per cent year-over-year.

App Store installs grew 22.6 per cent to 9.1 billion, while Google Play saw 34.9 per cent growth, reaching 28.7 billion.

Worldwide app downloads reached an all-time high of 37.8 billion in Q2 2020, an increase of 31.7 per cent year-over-year. App Store installs grew 22.6 per cent to 9.1 billion, while Google Play saw 34.9 per cent growth, reaching 28.7 billion.

Zoom in June announced that its revenue surged 169 per cent to $328.2 million in Q1 from a year earlier.