Top Apps Worldwide for October 2020 by Downloads

TikTok was the most downloaded non-gaming app worldwide for October 2020 with close to 66 million installs, which represented a 9.5 percent increase from October 2019. The countries with the most installs of the app during this period were from Douyin in China at 12 percent of its total downloads and Brazil at 10 percent. The full top 10 ranking of non-gaming apps worldwide by downloads for October 2020 is above. App download estimates are from Sensor Tower’s Store Intelligence platform.

WhatsApp was the second most installed non-gaming app worldwide last month with more than 57 million installs. The countries with the largest number of Whatsapp installs were India at 30 percent, followed by Nigeria at 10 percent. Facebook, Instagram, and ZOOM rounded out the top five most installed non-gaming apps worldwide for the month.

Want to see how the rankings compared to the previous month? Check out the Top Apps Worldwide for September 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 October 1, 2019 and October 31, 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.