In this Sept 5, 2020 file photo, a view of a livestreaming studio set up by Douyin during an exhibition in Fuzhou, Fujian province. (PHOTO / CHINA DAILY)

BEIJING - Douyin, with its overseas version called TikTok, remained the top grossing non-gaming app worldwide in January, according to Sensor Tower, a mobile app data analysis firm.

Users' spending on the app was close to US$128 million last month, 3.8 times its revenue in January 2020, according to a report published by the firm.

The United States remained the largest overseas market for TikTok in January, followed by the Turkish market

About 82 percent of the app's revenue was from Douyin, the Chinese version, data from the report showed.

The United States remained the largest overseas market for TikTok in January, followed by the Turkish market.

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The app has been the top grossing non-gaming app worldwide since April last year, according to Sensor Tower.

Tencent Video and iQIYI, two Chinese online movie and video streaming apps, ranked fifth and seventh on the list in terms of the overall revenue.

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