Top Mobile Apps in Southeast Asia for October 2022 by Downloads

CapCut from Bytedance was the most downloaded mobile app in Southeast Asia for October 2022 with 14 million installs, marking an increase of 63.9 percent year-over-year. The countries with the most installs of CapCut during this period were Indonesia at 50.2 percent of its total downloads in Southeast Asia, Vietnam at 16.8 percent and Philippines at 12.2 percent. The full top 10 ranking of mobile apps in Southeast Asia by downloads for October 2022 is above. App download estimates are from Sensor Tower’s Store Intelligence platform.

TikTok from Bytedance was the second most installed mobile app in Southeast Asia last month with over 10.8 million downloads, which represented a 14.4 percent increase from October 2021. The countries with the largest number of TikTok installs were Indonesia at 44.5 percent, followed by Vietnam at 20.2 percent and Thailand at 12%.

Facebook from Meta, Shopee and Instagram from Meta rounded out the top five most installed mobile apps in Southeast Asia for the month.

Mobile apps (non-game)  generated 805 million downloads across the App Store and Google Play in Southeast Asia in October 2022, marking a decrease of 11.3 percent year-over-year. The No. 1 market for Southeast Asia apps downloads was Indonesia, which accumulated close to 347.3 million installs, or 43.1 percent of total Southeast Asia downloads. Philippines ranked No.2 for downloads at 16.5 percent, followed by Vietnam at 16.2 percent.

Want to see how the rankings compare to the previous month? Check out the Top Mobile Apps in Southeast Asia for September 2022 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, 2021 and October 31, 2022. 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.