480.1 million mobile VPN downloaded worldwide in 12 months

480.1 million mobile VPN downloaded worldwide in 12 months

VPN Report 2019 reveals a 54% growth rate.


Over the years, we’ve seen the global populace move towards more security consciousness. This has been reflected among the increased scrutiny of social media platforms and other entities which in any way hold access to our data. As such, it is only natural that with the recently released VPN (Virtual Private Network) report for 2019, 480 million VPN mobile apps were found to be downloaded witnessing a significant growth rate of 54% as compared to the previous year.


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Android was fortunate enough to cash in 75% of this share at $358.3 million downloads with Apple following at $121.9 million downloads. On the other hand, in terms of countries, Indonesia is on the top with 75.5 million downloads and an astonishing growth rate of 111%. Yet, India tops off the chart when it comes to the growth rate in itself hitting a record 405%, attributed to frequent internet shutdowns in the country along with a ban on about 827 adult websites in October – personal choices to say the least.

However, a deeper look at the growth causes in other countries reveals much more. Firstly, the introduction of cyber-crime legislation in certain countries like Vietnam and Singapore in a bid to censor content appears to have prompted such spikes.


Certain countries, on the other hand, have seen ..

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