India banned more than 250 Chinese apps in 2020, including TikTok. As you can see on the left side of the chart, downloads of many apps immediately skyrocketed after the ban, but competition slowly dwindled. Once Instagram launched Reels, it grew to have the most market share, directly impacting Josh's (a local Indian short-form video app) market share. Click here to learn more.

For the first time ever, Bumble had more U.S. downloads in a month than Tinder. This bump came around Valentine's Day and was likely from the news that Pamela Anderson had joined the app in an effort to help survivors of domestic abuse. Bumble had been closing the gap for months and this pushed it over the edge. While Tinder is on pace to beat out Bumble in March once again, the current margin is only 5% with one week left to go in the month.