Desi clones rush to fill space vacated by TikTok

The race to replace China’s TikTok, and grab its users and creators, is heating up. A new set of Indian startups in the social and short-video sharing space — like Chingari, Roposo, Public and Mitron — has emerged in the list of top 20 downloaded apps on Google’s Play Store in the last few days. Bengaluru-based Chingari has seen one million new users in the last 24 hours.