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STORE INTELLIGENCE · SARA TAN · OCTOBER 2022

Top Mobile Apps in Southeast Asia for September 2022 by Downloads

See the top mobile apps in Southeast Asia for September 2022 by downloads, according to Sensor Tower data.

-SEA-Top Apps SEA for Sep 2022 by Downloads

TikTok from Bytedance was the most downloaded mobile app in Southeast Asia for September 2022 with close to 12.2 million installs, marking an increase of 17.9 percent year-over-year. The countries with the most installs of TikTok during this period were Indonesia at 37.4 percent of its total downloads and Vietnam at 26.8 percent. The full top 10 ranking of mobile apps in Southeast Asia by downloads for September 2022 is above. App download estimates are from Sensor Tower’s Store Intelligence platform.

CapCut from Bytedance was the second most installed mobile app in Southeast Asia last month with nearly 10.5 million downloads, which represented a 14 percent increase from September 2021. The countries with the largest number of CapCut installs were Indonesia at 46.4 percent, followed by Vietnam at 20.7 percent.

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

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 September 1, 2021 and September 30, 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.


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Sara Tan

Written by: Sara Tan, Marketing Associate, APAC

Date: October 2022