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STORE INTELLIGENCE · JULIA CHAN · SEPTEMBER 2020

Top Streaming Apps Worldwide for August 2020 by Downloads

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

Top Streaming Apps Worldwide for August 2020 by Downloads

Netflix was the most downloaded streaming app worldwide for August 2020 with more than 19.2 million installs. The countries with the most installs of the app during this period were the United States at 17 percent of its total downloads and Brazil at 11 percent. The full top 10 ranking of streaming apps worldwide by downloads for August 2020 is above. App download estimates are from Sensor Tower’s Store Intelligence platform.

YouTube was the second most installed streaming app worldwide last month with more than 17.7 million installs. The countries with the largest number of YouTube installs were the U.S. at 23 percent, followed by Brazil at 8 percent. Amazon Prime Video, YouTube Kids, and Tencent Video rounded out the top five most installed streaming apps worldwide for the month.

Want to see how the rankings compared to the previous month? Check out the Top Streaming Apps Worldwide for July 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 August 1, 2020 and August 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.


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Julia Chan

Written by: Julia Chan, Mobile Insights Analyst

Date: September 2020