Published 11:03 IST, June 3rd 2020

Top 25 Chinese apps list in India

Chinese Apps have successfully taken over the Indian app market in all the genres from social, short video till gaming apps and more. Here are the top 25 apps.

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number of people in India who are using smartphones and internet is increasing daily. This is why India has become world’s fastest-growing mobile app market over past few years. country has over 1.3 billion potential consumers and many apps have been successful in luring users to downlo ir apps. However, reports reveal that Chinese apps are ruling Indian app market as many users have opted to downlo m significantly.

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Top Chinese apps in Indian market of 2018 & 2017

Chinese apps list

According to a leing tech portal, in December 2017, only 18 Chinese apps and software were listed in top 100 apps on Google Play Store. However, number significantly increased to 44 by end of 2018.

Most popular Chinese apps among top 100 in India

  • Social content platforms: Helo and SHAREit
  • Entertainment and short video apps: TikTok, and Kwai
  • Web browser apps: UCBrowser and UCBrowser Mini
  • Video and live streaming apps: LiveMe, Bigo Live, and Vigo Video
  • Utility applications: BeautyPlus, Xender and Cam Scanner
  • Gaming apps and software: PUBG, Clash of Kings, Mobile Legends
  • E-commerce applications: ClubFactory, Shein, and Romwe

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Helo – Bytedance’s social app catered to Indian users

A social networking app, Helo app is launched by a leing company from China, Bytedance. Helo app is w amongst best Indian social platforms and it has more than 40,000,000 users. This social app is a Chinese variant Sharechat (an Indian local app). application includes several features such as showbiz, entertainment, politics, parenting and farming. Helo enables using multiple Indian langus including Tamil, Hindi, Telugu, Marathi, Gujarati, Punjabi, Malayalam, Bengali, Tamil, Kanna, and more.

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TikTok, Kwai – Popular short video apps in India

popular short video apps TikTok and Kwai (famously kwn as Kuaishou in China) are w one of most used apps in India. two apps have been downloed by millions of smartphone users who are using m to share personal videos. According to reports, over 39 per cent of TikTok global users are from India. Reports also reveal that users are of mostly between s of 16 to 24. 

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Top Chinese Apps in India

  • Helo
  • SHAREit
  • TikTok
  • Kwai
  • UCBrowser 
  • UCBrowser Mini
  • LiveMe
  • Bigo Live
  • Vigo Video
  • BeautyPlus
  • Xender 
  • CamScanner
  • PUBG 
  • Clash of Kings
  • Mobile Legends
  • ClubFactory
  • Shein
  • Romwe
  • AppLock
  • Club Factory
  • VMate
  • Game of Sultans
  • Mafia City
  • Battle of Empires

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