TikTok becomes the first non-Facebook app to reach 3b downloads

TikTok has become the first non-Facebook app to record three billion downloads worldwide across iOS and Android, according to Sensor Tower, a mobile app data analysis firm.

Tiktok, including its Chinese iOS version Douyin, was the most downloaded and highest-grossing non-game app globally in the first half of 2021, reaching 383 million first-time installs and an estimated $919.2 million in consumer spending, said Sensor Tower.