After the ban on PUBG, Indians are playing UK, Korea and Hong Kong games

After 18 months of shutting down the Chinese app by the Indian government, changes are now visible in the field of indigenous mobile apps. Today, the activity of indigenous app makers is increasing rapidly in the country. On the other hand, there is also a decrease in the share of Chinese apps in the Indian markets. While Chinese apps have been replaced by gaming apps from other countries including Britain, South Korea and Hong Kong.

In March 2020, the Modi government had banned 59 apps of China including Tiktok, WeChat, amid tension on the border. Whereas in January 2021, the central government has permanently banned many apps. According to the reports, the share of Chinese apps in India’s markets is seeing a significant decline. In the year 2018, 44 percent was occupied by Chinese apps, which has come down to just 29 percent in the year 2020. These reports testify to the increasing share of Indian apps in various stores including Google Play Store.  

China had 50 percent stake in India before the ban

According to the data, till a month before the ban of Chinese apps in India, 50 percent of the top 10 companies in the country were from China. In this, 20 percent was owned by indigenous companies. In which the Arogya Setu app was at the top. After the decision of the central government to ban, the ranking of Indian app maker companies increased rapidly in the market. As of September, 60 percent of the top 10 apps in App Annie are dominated by Indian manufacturers.

Many indigenous apps came forward

There was a time dominated by apps like TikTok in the country. This app also gave a tough competition to Facebook in the matter of short videos. TikTok had 119 million subscribers in a very short time. According to the latest data for September, today 60 percent of the top 10 apps for making short videos are from Indian companies. These include MX Takatak, Moj, Sharechat, Josh and Public etc. Most of these apps started making short videos in June last year after the ban on Tiktok.