Mar 01, 2022 20:00:00

Which apps have seen a surge in downloads due to Russia's invasion of Ukraine?

Apptopia , an app-related data analysis company, has released data on what kind of apps have been in high demand since Russia's invasion of Ukraine started.

High demand for information out of Ukraine from news apps
https://blog.apptopia.com/high-demand-for-information-out-of-ukraine-from-news-apps

Since February 24, 2022, when Russia's invasion of Ukraine began in earnest, the number of news app downloads has skyrocketed in the United States. The graph below shows the number of downloads of the news app (blue line) and the news aggregation app (green line), and the number of downloads of the news app has increased sharply after the invasion started, while the number of downloads of the news aggregation app. Has decreased at a stretch after a short time since the invasion.

The two most downloaded news apps after the invasion are

CNN and Fox News. In particular, the CNN app reached 40,000 downloads on February 27th. On the other hand, the Washington Post app recorded about 15,000 downloads (total worldwide), which was the highest number of downloads in history on February 19, before the invasion.

Since the start of the Russian invasion, the number of downloads of the Twitter app, which has the nature of a news aggregation app, has increased worldwide. The number of downloads peaked on the 27th, and the number has exceeded 600,000 times. In Ukraine, the number of Twitter app downloads is also increasing, reaching a record high of 7,000 downloads on the 27th.

In addition, Twitter is tweeting 'How to use Twitter in conflict zones' to the Ukrainian people who are invading from Russia.

Twitter official tweeted 'How to use Twitter in conflict zone' in Ukrainian --GIGAZINE

Furthermore, in Russia, many people have downloaded the VPN app to access news sites and SNS that have been blocked by the Russian government and companies after the invasion started. According to the graph below, the demand for VPN apps in Russia has increased more than eight times before and after the invasion.

In addition to these apps, the demand for Russia's invasion of Ukraine has increased sharply, and the number of users of the encrypted messenger app 'Signal', which sells for its high confidentiality, is also increasing.

Demand for 'Signal', the strongest encryption messenger app for security, surges due to Russia's invasion of Ukraine --GIGAZINE