India: Sharechat gets half a million new users an hour since ban on Chinese apps

Homegrown social network Sharechat on Wednesday said it has been getting half a million new users an hour since the Indian government announced a ban on 59 Chinese apps. The apps that have been banned includes Bytedance-owned Helo, which was a direct competitor of Sharechat in India. According to Sharechat, the regional social media platform got 15 million new users in 36 hours.