The AliExpress app became the leader in terms of the number of downloads in Russia at the end of 2021. The top 3 also includes the service for finding the location of friends Zenly and the video editor CapCut, according to a study of the mobile data analytics platform App Annie.

Globally, in terms of the number of downloads, the same CapCut ranks first, followed by applications from Indian developers: the MX TakaTak video service and the Meesho online trading application. The authors of the study predict that by the end of 2021, users worldwide will download almost 140 billion new applications, which is 10 billion more than in 2020.

Telegram is also in the top 10 in terms of the number of downloads. At the same time, the messenger took first place in one of the categories of this year's breakthrough rating (by the number of active users). The second and third places in this category were taken by Instagram and ZOOM Cloud Meetings.

Earlier, App Annie provided a forecast for the number of active users of mobile applications for 2022. According to the company, TikTok will increase their number to 1.5 billion next year.

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