India Tops Zoom s in April Despite Warnings 1b6535 Security Issues

Research firm Sensor Tower says 18.2 percent of the total Zoom s came from India. 2a4m1n

By Tasneem Akolawala | Updated: 9 May 2020 15:45 IST

India Tops Zoom s in April Despite Warnings, Security Issues

Zoom saw a 60x year-on-year growth globally since April 2019 6rg2h

Highlights

Zoom saw 131 million s in April
India ed for over 18 percent of these s
Government had warned s against the app last month

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India ed for the most s of the video conferencing app Zoom in April despite the government warnings against its official use and various security issues, app intelligence firm Sensor Tower said. According to the firm, Zoom topped 131 million s last month, of which 18.2 percent came from India, followed by the US. Apart from Zoom, TikTok also saw massive growth last month with over 107 million s globally. India also contributed the most - 22 percent - to the TikTok s.

As people follow social distancing guidelines amidst the coronavirus pandemic, they have moved to video conferencing apps like Zoom and Google Meet to not just take care of the work obligations but also to remain in with their friends and family. Zoom and other app are also being used by the school for virtual classrooms as students can't physically go to screen during the lockdowns. This has led to the massive uptake of Zoom that has seen its s surge multiple fold over the last couple of months. Zoom's popularity hasn't been without issues and controversies and had even led to creation of the term “zoombombing.” Zoombombing refers to incidents when random strangers pop up in non-secure Zoom meetings and harass the s.

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These issues forced the government to cautioned against the unguarded usage of the app and issued an advisory outlining the safety measures for both the operator and the s.

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Following the news surrounding security issues and its ban by various organisations as well as purchased encryption startup Keybase that will help it make the video calls placed through the app end-to-end encrypted.

Sensor Tower also Zoom was the most ed non-game app globally in April and saw a 60x year-on-year growth. Apart from India, Zoom s came from the US that ed for 14.3 percent of the total s.

The firm released the most ed apps list for April 2020 and it features TikTok, Facebook, WhatsApp, Instagram, and Messenger, apart from Zoom. Google Meet and Microsoft Team, the rival apps to Zoom, are also present in the list. Tiktok was the second most ed app last month, and as mentioned, India ed for 22 percent of total TikTok s previous month, followed by the US with 9.4 percent.

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