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STORE INTELLIGENCE · JULIA CHAN · MAY 2020

Top Apps Worldwide for April 2020 by Downloads

See the top apps worldwide for April 2020 by downloads, according to Sensor Tower data.

Top Apps Worldwide for  April 2020 by Downloads

ZOOM was the most downloaded non-game app worldwide for April 2020 with close to 131 million installs, a 60x growth from April 2019. The countries with the most installs of the app during this period were India at 18.2 percent of its total downloads and the United States at 14.3 percent. The full top 10 ranking of non-game apps worldwide by downloads for April 2020 is above. App download estimates are from Sensor Tower’s Store Intelligence platform.

TikTok was the second most installed non-game app worldwide last month with more than 107 million installs, a 2.5x increase from April 2019. The countries with the largest number of TikTok installs were India at approximately 22 percent, followed by the U.S. at 9.4 percent. Facebook, WhatsApp, and Instagram rounded out the top five most installed non-game apps worldwide for the month.

Want to see how the rankings compared to the previous month? Check out the Top Apps Worldwide for March 2020 by Downloads here.

Store Intelligence users can see app download estimates for the above apps in addition to historical performance metrics on the Sensor Tower platform. Our estimates include downloads for the App Store and Google Play worldwide between April 1, 2019 and April 30, 2020. Apple apps and Google pre-installed apps are excluded. We report unique installs only. Android estimates do not include third-party stores. Figures represent aggregate installs of all app versions, ex: Facebook and Facebook Lite.


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Julia Chan

Written by: Julia Chan, Mobile Insights Analyst

Date: May 2020