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TikTok most downloaded non-gaming app worldwide in October The countries with the largest number of installs were from Douyin in China at 17 per cent, followed by the US at 11 per cent, reports Sensor Tower. Also Read ByteDance founder Zhang Yiming exits board, joining exodus by Chinese tech founders The countries with the largest number of Instagram installs were from India at 39 per cent, followed by Brazil at 6 per cent.

Check out the latest videos from DH :. Related stories. Why Centre not giving clarity on Arunachal: Congress Here is why crowd surges can kill people Qatar tax authority not considering income tax. Mark Zuckerberg's social media giant accounted for the rest of the top five with Facebook's flagship app as well as WhatsApp, Instagram and Facebook Messenger all making an appearance. The Trump administration claimed that TikTok posed a national security risk as the Chinese government had access to its user data.

The company repeatedly denied the allegations. A potential deal to resolve the issue that would have seen parent company ByteDance selling part of its US business to US technology giant Oracle and retailer Walmart was given the tentative green light from Mr Trump but was never approved by the Chinese government.

As well as seeing off that challenge in the US the company has been exploring new ways to attract users. Last week, it emerged that TikTok is trialling a new vanishing clips feature similar to functions on Snapchat, Facebook and Instagram. TikTok Stories will allow users to see content posted by accounts they follow for 24 hours before they are deleted.

To recall, TikTok is one of the biggest names in the list of Chinese applications that were banned in India last year. The Indian government stated that these apps were a threat to national security and transferred user data to its servers in China. While ByteDance, the company that owns TikTok, refuted these allegations, it was found guilty of the invasive practices repeatedly.

As a result of multiple such issues, TikTok was banned by the Trump administration and while the sanction has been removed , the growing number of downloads suggest that people are seemingly ok with the apps snooping on them in favour of viral content. Additionally, Telegram which is one of the best WhatsApp alternatives has also seen experienced an increased number of downloads.

The app has moved from 15 to 7 in the Asian list mostly thanks to the dubious privacy policy introduced by WhatsApp.