Facebook blockade helped! Australian media APP downloads take the top spot

After Facebook refused the Australian government’s request to pay the Australian media, it blocked Australian users from watching news on Facebook on the 18th, but in less than a few days, the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) App jumped to the top of Apple’s “App Store The Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) app jumped to the top of Apple’s “App Store” user download list, and once dominated the list.

According to the U.S. media “The Verge”, after Facebook blocked the Australian news, the Australian Broadcasting Corporation App once dominated the Australian “App Store”, according to the Financial Times analyst Uma Patel (Patel) tweet, the Australian Broadcasting Corporation App downloads in a short period of Time over According to the Financial Times analyst Uma Patel, the number of downloads of ABC App surpassed Facebook and its two softwares “Instagram” and “Messenger” to become the first place.

According to data analysis company “App Annie”, the Australian Broadcasting Corporation fell slightly to No. 2 in the general ranking of the “App Store” on the afternoon of the 19th, but still ranked first in the news category.

Analyst Patel said that the Australian Broadcasting Corporation may be the reverse of the Facebook blockade to attract users to download its APP.

After Facebook refused to compromise the Australian government’s new law and started blocking, Australian users were unable to browse and share news from Home and abroad, and some non-news organizations and some official units were affected.