Josh (app)

JOSH
Developer(s)	VerSe Innovation Pvt. Ltd.
Initial release	September 2020
Operating system	iOS; Android;
Size	124.3 MB (iOS); Varies with device (Android);
Available in	12 languages
	List of languages Hindi; Bengali; Bhojpuri; Gujarati; Kannada; Malayalam; Marathi; Odia; Punjabi; Tamil; Telugu; English;
Type	Social Media; Video sharing;
Licence	Freeware
Website	myjosh.in

Josh (stylized as JOSH) is a video-sharing social networking service, owned by VerSe Innovation – an Indian technology company based in Bangalore, India.^[1] Josh is an Indian short video app that was launched in immediately after the Indian Government banned TikTok and other Chinese apps in June 2020.^[2] The founders of the platform have promoted the app as the “Instagram for Bharat” referring to their focus on the Indian audience that speaks its own regional and state languages.^[3] Josh was among the top 10 most downloaded apps social and entertainment apps in India of 2021 and had 150 million monthly active users as per April 2022.^[1]^[4]

^ ^a ^b Singh, Manish (6 April 2022). "Dailyhunt and Josh apps parent firm raises $805 million at $5 billion valuation". TechCrunch. Retrieved 9 April 2022.
^ Rai, Saritha (6 April 2022). "Short video app Josh, born after India's TikTok ban, gets over Rs 6,000 crore funding". The Print. Retrieved 9 April 2022.
^ MOORTHY, SWATHI; SRIKANTH, CHANDRA R (6 April 2022). "My competition is with users' time spent on mobile phones: DailyHunt founder Virendra Gupta". MoneyControl. Retrieved 9 April 2022.
^ Sekhose, Marcia (7 September 2021). "India accounts for the highest number of social app downloads globally: App Annie". Business Insider. Retrieved 10 April 2022.

[2022_Funding-1] Singh, Manish (6 April 2022). "Dailyhunt and Josh apps parent firm raises $805 million at $5 billion valuation". TechCrunch. Retrieved 9 April 2022.

[TikTok_Ban-2] Rai, Saritha (6 April 2022). "Short video app Josh, born after India's TikTok ban, gets over Rs 6,000 crore funding". The Print. Retrieved 9 April 2022.

[Founders_Interview-3] MOORTHY, SWATHI; SRIKANTH, CHANDRA R (6 April 2022). "My competition is with users' time spent on mobile phones: DailyHunt founder Virendra Gupta". MoneyControl. Retrieved 9 April 2022.

[4] Sekhose, Marcia (7 September 2021). "India accounts for the highest number of social app downloads globally: App Annie". Business Insider. Retrieved 10 April 2022.

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