With millions of people getting used to a reality that doesn't include a physical office or the ability to meet in person, many are turning to apps to keep business running as usual. This new demand is causing downloads of business apps to spike to the highest of highs.

To get a better idea of just how massive these spikes in downloads are, we can look at the Mobile Download Index for the business category. Italy, as you would expect, is currently in the lead. Downloads of business apps have grown by more than 780% in a very short period of time.

Italy, however, isn't the only country experiencing this trend. Each one of the 47 countries we're currently indexing is experiencing double-digit growth in downloads.

Here's what that looks like:

Country Index Change Italy 995.06 784.73% Norway 616.84 351.77% Denmark 384.99 322.42% Hong Kong 554.97 295.19% Romania 392.42 286.85% Philippines 300.91 263.15% Austria 442.68 224.59% Switzerland 328.13 210.11% Spain 340.28 201.27% Finland 603.09 190.38% Netherlands 347.63 184.99% China 351.44 175.60% Poland 406.18 174.06% Slovakia 323.51 161.00% Vietnam 534.16 158.54% Colombia 325.6 157.21% New Zealand 302.37 151.77% Australia 376.41 151.43% Argentina 272.81 149.44% Israel 530.01 148.71% Pakistan 274.57 139.30% Thailand 194.12 138.45% Brazil 258.46 124.79% Canada 258.31 116.59% United Kingdom 202.17 110.92% United Arab Emirates 216.71 107.54% Malaysia 342.61 107.15% Indonesia 302.47 105.26% Belgium 311.56 104.26% Chile 186.68 101.69% Kazakhstan 373.18 100.75% Sweden 277.71 95.38% Singapore 225.23 93.35% South Korea 186.93 88.84% Germany 199.66 85.82% Mexico 167.61 83.48% South Africa 286.22 81.55% France 204.61 76.75% Lithuania 204.6 70.00% United States 177.17 69.09% Japan 196.6 62.35% South Africa 150.06 59.67% India 192.61 59.38% Egypt 259.53 57.02% Ukrain 227.29 30.29% Turkey 105.98 22.68% Russia 132.85 15.23%

As many of us all around the world are getting used to working remotely, this is a trend we expect to keep up.

One trend that we saw as we dug through the business category across countries, is that in most of them, Zoom, a video conferencing app, has risen to the top of the charts.

Traditionally the service is used by professionals to conduct video meetings, but in the absence of social time, many have been using the service's free tier to hold gatherings with business and also personal nature.

Its downloads have grown accordingly, hitting new records every day this week.

Not every business app is going to see an increase in downloads, nor will all of Zoom's competitors, but if you have a business app, now's a great time to promote it.

_We're continuing to monitor download trends around the world and will post more insights as we find them. _