Telegram is currently the most downloaded app in the Google Play Store, having unseated Signal for the top spot in the United States. In the US, Signal, known for its end-to-end encrypted messages, had the same number of unique installations in the first 18 days of 2021 as it did in all of 2020. Use of alternative messaging apps skyrocketed in recent weeks for a variety of reasons, including fallout from a WhatsApp privacy update and a crackdown by other platforms following the Capitol riot. Telegram’s US downloads in the first weeks of this year were more than 700 percent higher than they were for the same period in 2020, according to data from app measurement firm Sensor Tower. Just 2 percent of the Dubai-based app’s user base is in the US, but it’s becoming more popular among Americans.
It had added 25 million new users in just 72 hours. And Telegram has more users than ever.įollowing the Capitol insurrection, Telegram announced that it had surpassed 500 million active users globally. It’s a well-built app with lots of features for mass communication as well as encrypted chats and file sharing. Its content moderation is lax and scattershot. There are lots of things for right-wing extremists to like about Telegram, the social media and messaging app that’s currently topping the app stores.
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