During Q2 of this year, Zoom completely shattered the previous App Store record for downloads, previously set by TikTok, according to analytics data. While TikTok notched up 67 million US downloads in Q1, reports Sensor Tower, Zoom hit almost 94 million US downloads in Q2.
Demand for the videoconferencing app was of course driven by the coronavirus crisis, which saw record numbers of people working from home. Worldwide, across Apple’s App Store and the Google Play store, Zoom became only the third app to reach 300M downloads in a quarter, joining TikTok and Pokémon GO.
Sensor Tower says Zoom wasn’t the only app to benefit …
The top 10 iOS apps worldwide were:
Worldwide app downloads reached an all-time high of 37.8 billion in 2Q20, an increase of 31.7 percent year-over-year. App Store installs grew 22.6 percent to 9.1 billion, while Google Play saw 34.9 percent growth, reaching 28.7 billion […]
Worldwide app downloads reached an all-time high of 37.8 billion in 2Q20, an increase of 31.7 percent year-over-year. App Store installs grew 22.6 percent to 9.1 billion, while Google Play saw 34.9 percent growth, reaching 28.7 billion.
- Zoom
- TikTok
- YouTube
- Google Meet
- Messenger
- Netflix
- Microsoft Teams
Both Zoom and Teams saw massive increases in usage as corporate communication tools, as videoconferences from home replaced in-office meetings – but Zoom also took off in a huge way as the default consumer video app during lockdown. Ease of use saw its widespread adoption despite security problems along the way.
Food delivery app DoorDash also saw a reversal of its fortunes.
There were no surprises in which categories of apps did well, and which didn’t.
Not quite an App Store record, but also notable was huge growth in app downloads in the US, which saw the country overtake China for the first time in six years.
Meanwhile, Sports, Navigation, and Travel apps struggled in the post-COVID world. Uber and Lyft both saw a precipitous decline in U.S. downloads in early March as the coronavirus began to spread.
