In April 2020, TikTok surpassed how many mobile downloads worldwide?

In April 2020, TikTok surpassed how many mobile downloads worldwide? The answer is 2 billion.

TikTok surpassed two billion cumulative mobile downloads worldwide in April 2020, according to estimates from Sensor Tower. The milestone counted downloads across Apple’s App Store and Google Play, with the reported total excluding Android users in China, where TikTok’s sister app Douyin operates separately.

The achievement came less than two years after TikTok absorbed Musical.ly in August 2018 and expanded internationally under the TikTok name. Its growth was powered by short-form video, music and dance trends, algorithmic recommendations, and a surge in mobile entertainment during COVID-19 lockdowns.

The figure represented cumulative downloads, not two billion active users. A download can include reinstallations or multiple devices, so it should not be confused with monthly active users. Another common mix-up is the later milestone of one billion monthly active users, which measured people using the service rather than app installations.