India Bans 59 Chinese Apps including TikTok, UC Browser and ShareIT

For the last few days, we have seen big brands like CocaCola, Starbucks, Diageo, Unilever either pause ads or stop ads on Facebook as part of the ‘Stop Hate for Profit’ campaign. Now, the Indian government has banned 59 Chinese apps including the Popular TikTok, Shareit, UC Browser etc. apps citing privacy concerns

Their Ministry of Information and Technology has said that it “has received many complaints from various sources including several reports about the misuse of some mobile apps… for stealing and surreptitiously transmitting users’ data in an unauthorized manner to servers which have locations outside India.”

The list of 59 Chinese apps banned in India

Here’s the complete list of the apps banned:

1. TikTok

2. Shareit

3. Kwai

4. UC Browser

5. Baidu map

6. Shein

7. Clash of Kings

8. DU battery saver

9. Helo

10. Likee

11. YouCam makeup

12. Mi Community

13. CM Browers

14. Virus Cleaner

15. APUS Browser

16. ROMWE

17. Club Factory

18. Newsdog

19. Beutry Plus

20. WeChat

21. UC News

22. QQ Mail

23. Weibo

24. Xender

25. QQ Music

26. QQ Newsfeed

27. Bigo Live

28. SelfieCity

29. Mail Master

30. Parallel Space

31. Mi Video Call – Xiaomi

32. WeSync

33. ES File Explorer

34. Viva Video – QU Video Inc

35. Meitu

36. Vigo Video

37. New Video Status

38. DU Recorder

39. Vault- Hide

40. Cache Cleaner DU App studio

41. DU Cleaner

42. DU Browser

43. Hago Play With New Friends

44. Cam Scanner

45. Clean Master – Cheetah Mobile

46. Wonder Camera

47. Photo Wonder

48. QQ Player

49. We Meet

50. Sweet Selfie

51. Baidu Translate

52. Vmate

53. QQ International

54. QQ Security Center

55. QQ Launcher

56. U Video

57. V fly Status Video

58. Mobile Legends

59. DU Privacy

TikTok demographics shows India is its biggest overseas market for TikTok. 43% of TikTok users are Indians, that is over 120 million active users. Moreover, Apps like ShareIT were enjoying an Indian market share of 200 million monthly active users. A browser app like UC browser had garnered up to 130 Million users.

Image source: economictimes.indiatimes.com

What is the impact of the ban?

Users will have to look for alternatives.

Job loss because the majority of the banned platforms have Indians as content creators.

I foresee a standoff between these two world’s most populated countries

 YouTube has “won” the war cause now there will be a shortage of videos.