'As many people are forced to work home, this might spur the development of more remote educational systems globally in the future.

Additionally, other entities like museums, theatres, kindergartens, schools and many other businesses are jumping on the online video meeting apps like Zoom to connect with people to sustain normal operations,' says. 'The surge in Zoom download has been driven mainly by companies' offices allowing employees to work from home and do remote video calls and other tasks. China is Zoom's its ninth-largest market, and the company dropped its 40-minute limit for free calls to accommodate more users. Zoom had earlier indicated that after the Coronavirus was reported in China and most cities placed on lockdown, there was an increased usage for the application.

However, from February 22th to March 22, the downloads for the Android Zoom app surged by a whopping 2713.85%. A day later the downloads dropped to 139,700. On February 22 and 23rd, the downloads were 144,800 and 141,200 respectively. By March 22, the downloads for iOS had spiked by 594.92%.Īndroid downloads witnessed fluctuations towards the end of February but later embarked on an upward trajectory. The research shows that generally, for the iOS version, the downloads have been increasing steadily since February 22. An increase in daily downloads is expected as the Coronavirus infection rate continues to spike globally, with companies allowing employees to work from home. The iOS platform had 685,200 downloads while the Android version had almost double the downloads at 1.3 million. The highest Zoom application daily downloads were recorded on March 22, according to the research.

By March 22, the Android version had 8,562,600 downloads while iOS had 8,627,500. Cumulatively, the two platforms have seen a total of 17,190,100 downloads over the period under review. The high downloads are on both iOS and Android platforms.

As a result, video conferencing and online meetings platform Zoom has seen a dramatic surge in the number of downloads.īetween February 22 and March 22 2020, Zoom application downloads increased by 1,270% (over 12 times), according to data gathered by. As the COVID-19 outbreak takes it hold across the globe, more business are shutting up shop and many workers moving to remote working.

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