Top 53 Most popular chaines Apps "BANNED" by Indian Government

Top 52 apps red-flagged by Intel agencies

1.360 Security

2.APUS Browser

3.Baidu Map

4. Baidu Translate

5. BeautyPlus

6. Bigo Live

7. CacheClear

8. DU apps studio

9.Clash of Kings

10.Clean Master – Cheetah

11.ClubFactory

12.CM Browser

13.DU Battery Saver

14. DU Browser

15. DU Cleaner

16.DU Privacy

17.DU recorder

18. ES File Explorer

19.Helo

20. Kwai

21. LIKE

22. Mail Master

23.Mi Community

24. Mi Store

25.Mi Video call-Xiaomi

26. NewsDog

27.Parallel Space

28. Perfect Corp

29. Photo Wonder

30.QQ International

31. QQ Launcher

32.QQ Mail

33.QQ Music

34. QQ NewsFeed

35. QQ Player

36. QQ Security Centre

37. ROMWE

38.SelfieCity

39.SHAREit 

40.SHEIN

41.TikTok

42. UC Browser

43. UC News

44. Vault-Hide

45. Vigo Video

46.Virus Cleaner (Hi Security Lab)

47. VivaVideo- QU Video Inc

48.WeChat

49.Weibo

50.WeSync

51. Wonder Camera

52.Xender

53.YouCam Makeup.

As of now, all 52 of these apps are live on Google’s Play Store and Apple’s iOS App Store.

A wide range of Chinese apps have grown in popularity in India over the past year.

Social content platforms: Helo and SHAREit

Entertainment and engagement apps:

TikTok, LIKE, and Kwai

Web browser: UCBrowser/UCBrowser Mini

Video and live streaming ones: LiveMe, Bigo Live, and Vigo Video

Utility apps: BeautyPlus, Xender and Cam Scanner

Gaming apps: PUBG, Clash of Kings, Mobile Legends

E-commerce apps: ClubFactory, SHEIN, and ROMWE.

52 “Banned” Chinese Apps in India

The fast-growing popularity of Chinese apps in India has alarmed the Indian government. In February 2019, some Indian politicians claimed that TikTok should be banned or more tightly regulated, after concerns emerged about sexually explicit content and cyberbullying. The authorities have come up with a draft regulation for the popular social apps like TikTok, Helo and Vigo Video, in order to moderate the content on these platforms.

In November 2017, the Indian Defense Ministry picked out 42 Chinese mobile apps as dangerous, including Weibo, WeChat, SHAREit, TrueCaller, UC Browser and Mi Store, seeing them as a threat to national security.