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STORE INTELLIGENCE · JULIA CHAN · JUNE 2019

Top Social Networking Apps Worldwide for May 2019 by Downloads

See the top social networking apps worldwide for May 2019 by downloads, according to Sensor Tower data.

Top Social Networking Apps Worldwide for May 2019 by Downloads

The most downloaded social networking app worldwide for May 2019 was Facebook with more than 60.6 million installs. The markets with the most new Facebook installs during this period were India at 24 percent of total downloads, followed by Indonesia at 12 percent and Brazil at 8 percent. The full top 10 ranking of social networking apps worldwide by downloads for May 2019 is above. App download estimates are from Sensor Tower’s Store Intelligence platform.

TikTok was the second most installed social networking app worldwide last month with close to 56 million installs, with the largest portion of those coming from India at 57 percent, followed by China at 8 percent. Snapchat, Instagram and, Likee rounded out the top five most installed social networking apps worldwide 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 May 1, 2018 and May 31, 2019. 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: June 2019