Koo app downloads surge as tensions escalate between Twitter and Govt SECTIONS Share Synopsis In the last seven days alone, Twitter's homegrown rival Koo app has seen a ten-fold increase in downloads leading to a cumulative three million lifetime downloads in India alone. Getty Images Indian microblogging app Koo is witnessing a record surge in its popularity as tensions escalate between larger rival Twitter and the Indian government on allegations that certain accounts on the American platform were stoking unrest over the controversial farm laws. In the last seven days alone, the year-old app has seen a ten-fold increase in downloads leading to a cumulative three million lifetime downloads within the country alone, it said. Founded by serial entrepreneur Aprameya Radhakrishna-- who sold his earlier venture TaxiforSure to larger rival Ola—along with Mayank Bidawatka, Koo has been making waves for its focus on snagging local language users onto its platform.