Chingari, a desi alternative to Chinese TikTok, sees 1 lakh downloads and over 2 million views per hour

Indian social app Chingari on fire, logs over 3 million downloads. With the ban on Chinese Apps including TikTok by Indian Government, Indian users are finding chingari as a more entertaining alternative to TikTok. A Chingari user gets the opportunity to get creative with WhatsApp status, videos, audio clips, GIF stickers, and photos.

Bengaluru: Indians have rushed to download social app Chingari, a desi alternative to Chinese TikTok, which is witnessing nearly 1 lakh downloads and over 2 million views per hour since the government banned 59 Chinese apps over national security concerns.

Already downloaded over 3 million times, the app which was founded by Bengaluru-based programmers Biswatma Nayak and Siddharth Gautam last year, was trending at the top spot on Google Play Store, surpassing Mitron app, a TikTok clone platform.

"Since the word spread that Indians now have a homegrown and more entertaining alternative to TikTok, we have been recording traffic beyond expectations on our app," said Nayak.

"As Chingari is setting new benchmarks, a lot of investors are showing interest in our app. We are holding crucial discussions to get a good investor(s) on board so as to scale up our free-of-cost social platform," Nayak said in a statement.

Industrialist Anand Mahindra "who never used TikTok" has downloaded Chingari and tweeted about it, saying "More power to you".

Some of the features of Chingari app are:-

• Chingari allows a user to download and upload videos, chat with friends, interact with new people, share content, and browse through feed.
• A Chingari user gets the opportunity to get creative with WhatsApp status, videos, audio clips, GIF stickers, and photos.
• The app is available in languages including English, Hindi, Bangla, Gujarati, Marathi, Kannada, Punjabi, Malayalam, Tamil and Telugu.
• Chingari also pays its users based on how viral the content creator's video becomes.
• For each video a user uploads on the app, the content creator gets points per view and these points can be redeemed for money.
• The Chingari app is available on both Google Play Store and Apple App Store
  
  

Earlier, Sumit Ghosh, co-founder and Chief Product Officer, Chinagri App welcomed the government's decision to ban Chinese apps.

"For a very long time, TikTok has been spying on users and sending back the data to China. We are happy that this step has finally been taken", he said.