“WhatsApp and Messenger are so large that they are still going to maintain those users that are not concerned with privacy, and continue to attract those that don’t feel strongly on the matter.
With over 500 million active users, it is one of the most popular messaging apps in. As for how much the new apps pose a threat to Facebook, Apptopia spokesperson Madeline Lenahan told Fortune that the rise of Signal and Telegram hasn’t coincided with a significant decline in WhatsApp and Messenger. Description: Telegram Messenger is a cloud-based communication app usable across all devices it allows users to send pics, videos, stickers, texts. Telegram Messenger was created by brothers Nikolai and Pavel Durov in 2013. One reason for the apps’ recent popularity, in addition to concerns over Facebook’s privacy practices, may simply be network effects-as more users have signed on, they have spread words to their friends, leading to media attention and a further surge of users. Telegram, which is especially popular for group chats and among cryptocurrency enthusiasts, likewise saw a surge in 2017, and has remained the more widely known of the two.
Its current spike has been much more significant. Signal also received a flurry of attention in 2017 at the start of the Trump administration amid reports many Capitol Hill staffers had begun using it to shield their communications. Telegram, launched a year before, was developed by programmer Pavel Durov, who is also behind Russia’s biggest social network. Signal was launched in 2014 by Moxie Marlinspike, an iconoclastic American coder and former Twitter employee who is legendary in privacy circles.
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