Even though it is banned in India, short video platform TikTok emerged as the most downloaded non-gaming app worldwide for March this year, with more than 58 million installs last month. It was revealed by app analytics platform Sensor Tower in its latest data.

Facebook became the second most installed non-gaming app after TikTok last month, with more than 56 million installs.

The countries with the largest number of TikTok installs were from Douyin in China at 11 per cent, followed by the United States at 10 per cent.

The countries with the largest number of Facebook installs were from India at 25 per cent, followed by the US at 8 per cent.

Instagram, WhatsApp and Messenger rounded out the top five most installed non-gaming apps worldwide for the month.