Facebook vs TikTok - Videos, Shop & LIVE

Facebook

Meta Platforms, Inc.
Google Play
$44.59M/mo
~$535.11M/yr · 11.7B installs
VS

TikTok - Videos, Shop & LIVE

TikTok Pte. Ltd.
Google Play
$16.31M/mo
~$195.74M/yr · 4.4B installs
Revenue winner Facebook wins +173% vs other
Installs winner Facebook wins +162% vs other
MAU winner Facebook wins +183% vs other
Rating winner Facebook wins +14% vs other

Why Facebook is winning

Top 3 reasons - backed by the public App Store / Play Store numbers.

  1. Facebook earns roughly 3× more per month than TikTok - Videos, Shop & LIVE - $44.59M vs $16.31M.
  2. Bigger install base. Facebook has ~11.7B lifetime installs vs TikTok - Videos, Shop & LIVE's ~4.4B - 2.6× the funnel top.
  3. Better app store reviews. Facebook sits at 4.56★ vs 4.00★ - store algorithms reward higher-rated apps with more impressions.

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Side-by-side metrics

Bars scale to whichever app is bigger on that row. Green = winner.

Facebook
vs
TikTok - Videos, Shop & LIVE
Monthly revenue (est.)?
$44.59M
$16.31M
Annual revenue (est.)
$535.11M
$195.74M
Lifetime installs (est.)
11.7B
4.4B
Monthly active users (est.)?
315.2M
111.2M
App Store rating
4.56★
4.00★
Total ratings
180.9M
68.8M
US grossing rank
-
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-
Cheapest monthly sub
No sub
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No sub
IAP tiers detected
0 tiers
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0 tiers

Facebook

Meta Platforms, Inc.
Google Play
Category
Social
Price
Free
Released
-
Last updated
May 7, 2026
File size
-
Content rating
Teen
Version
VARY
Languages
-
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TikTok - Videos, Shop & LIVE

TikTok Pte. Ltd.
Google Play
Category
Social
Price
Free
Released
Jul 9, 2015
Last updated
Apr 30, 2026
File size
-
Content rating
Teen
Version
VARY
Languages
-
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FAQ

Which makes more money, Facebook or TikTok - Videos, Shop & LIVE? v
Facebook earns about $44.59M per month, while TikTok - Videos, Shop & LIVE earns about $16.31M. That is a 2.7× revenue gap (~$28.28M more per month for Facebook). Annual revenue: Facebook ≈ $535.11M/year, TikTok - Videos, Shop & LIVE ≈ $195.74M/year. Estimates are derived from public Google Play signals - grossing rank, scraped IAP tiers, ratings and category benchmarks.
Which has more downloads, Facebook or TikTok - Videos, Shop & LIVE? v
Facebook leads with about 11.7B estimated downloads vs 4.4B for TikTok - Videos, Shop & LIVE - a 2.6× gap. Facebook reports 10,000,000,000+ installs on Google Play. TikTok - Videos, Shop & LIVE reports 1,000,000,000+ installs on Google Play.
Are Facebook and TikTok - Videos, Shop & LIVE in the same Google Play category and competing for the same money? v
Yes - both apps sit in the Social category, which means they compete directly for the same paying users and category-level wallet share. Direct competitors, head-to-head.
What in-app purchases and subscription pricing do Facebook and TikTok - Videos, Shop & LIVE offer? v
Facebook: IAP range $0.05 - $10,000.00 per item. TikTok - Videos, Shop & LIVE: IAP range $0.05 - $4,999.99 per item. Facebook runs a "Free + IAP (tiers not exposed by store)" monetization model; TikTok - Videos, Shop & LIVE runs "Free + IAP (tiers not exposed by store)". Scraped tier prices and detected subscription pricing drive the bulk of the per-app revenue estimate above.
Which has better ratings, Facebook or TikTok - Videos, Shop & LIVE? v
Facebook edges ahead with ★ 4.6 vs ★ 4.0 (gap of 0.6 stars). Rating volume: Facebook 4.3M ratings, TikTok - Videos, Shop & LIVE 2.2M ratings. Higher rating volume = stronger ASO signal even when star averages are close.
How accurate are these Facebook vs TikTok - Videos, Shop & LIVE revenue estimates? v
Directional - typically within 2-3× of actual money earned for popular apps. The $44.59M for Facebook and $16.31M for TikTok - Videos, Shop & LIVE are derived from Google Play grossing rank, scraped IAP tiers, ratings volume and category benchmarks (Social) - net of the 15-30% Apple/Google store cut. Real revenue depends on country mix, retention, refunds and ad fill rate, none of which Apple or Google publish.
How do I compare Facebook or TikTok - Videos, Shop & LIVE to a different Google Play app? v
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