Tik Tok topped the ranking of mobile apps with most downloads on Apple App Store in China in October 2018. PUBG, iQiyi, Tencent Video, and Xiaohongshu all retained their positions. Toutiao, Qutoutiao, and Xianyu made big progress. Tencent’s Honor of Kings still earned most. Eight out of the top best earners were game apps.
Toutiao-affiliated short video app Tik Tok reclaimed top spot of the most downloaded apps on iOS store ranking in October 2018. Toutiao moved up 18 places to the fourth. Three out of the top 10 came from Toutiao. Notably, both Qutoutiao (#9) and Xianyu (#10) made significant progress.
Regarding earnings, Honor of Kings and Fantasy Westward Journey held the first two places. Tencent Video and iQiyi were the only two non-game apps that made it up the top 10 ranking.
From the perspective of non-game apps, Toutiao’s affiliated apps took the top three spots. iQiyi (#4), Tencent Video (#5), and Xiaohongshu (#6) all moved down one place.
Tencent Video led the ranking of non-game apps concerning earnings. 8 out of the top 10 apps, namely, Youku, Kwai, QQ, Tantan, Tencent Sports, QQ Music, ImgoTV, and WeSing didn’t appear at the top 10 ranking by downloads.
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