The 15-second video app TikTok, developed by the Beijing-based company Bytedance, has become one of the most downloaded non-gaming apps in the world between 2016 and 2021. In the fourth quarter of 2021, TikTok achieved approximately 173 million first-time installs. The social video platform generated more than 740 million downloads in 2020, down by 32.5 percent from 981 million first-time installs in 2020.
Number of first-time TikTok installs from 2nd quarter 2016 to 4th quarter 2021
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According to the source data from 2nd quarter 2016 to 4th quarter 2019 "exclude downloads from third-party Android stores in China", data from 1st quarter 2020 to 4th quarter 2021 "include Douyin and Douyin Lite for iOS China".
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Sensor Tower. (January 13, 2022). Number of first-time TikTok installs from 2nd quarter 2016 to 4th quarter 2021 (in millions) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved February 18, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1078692/china-tiktok-worldwide-downloads-quarterly/
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