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It took 15 months (from May 2019 to July 2020) for India to go from the #6 market, representing 4% of Snapchat’s downloads, to the #1 market, representing 20% of its downloads. That lead has been increasing as October 2020 saw India represent 32% of Snapchat’s downloads.

Over the past 18 months, Snapchat’s new user acquisition has become increasingly top heavy. India + the United States now make up 50% of the app’s new users.

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Global consumer spending on Apple’s App Store and Google Play grew by 32% YoY in Q3 2020 to reach $29.3 billion, per data from Sensor Tower Store Intelligence.

The faster-than-average growth in spending is thought to reflect the ongoing impact of COVID-19 along with consistent growth in adoption, globally.

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Two days after scoring a big win on election day, when Californians passed Proposition 22, a ballot measure that exempts gig economy companies from a law that would require them to classify most of their workers as employees rather than contractors, Uber reported its third quarter results on Thursday.

While the company missed revenue expectations, as the pandemic continues to wreak havoc on its ride-hailing business, CEO Dara Khosrowshahi said there were early signs that the company’s core mobility business would fully recover.

The report once again highlighted the shift that Uber’s business has been undergoing during this time of restricted mobility. The company’s food delivery segment continued to outperform its core ride-hailing business, as the latter saw gross bookings plummet by 75% in the first nine months of 2020 and the former just about doubled in size.

Read more on Statista.