Signal messenger app says not compatible2/18/2023 “The USP of Telegram is what happens in Telegram stays in Telegram. However, WhatsApp’s current spyware scandal may not really dent its user base given its scale, they add. Though open-source and more secure, it still remains a niche proposition in India with average monthly active users in 2019 at around 70,000, even as it has the strong support of privacy advocates such as Edward Snowden.Ĭybersecurity specialists TOI spoke to say both Telegram and Signal are definitely more secure messaging platforms. The rate of new installs too have tripled in 2019 - app intelligence firm SimilarWeb recorded around 91 lakh new installs of Telegram in India in September compared to 36 lakh installs in January. Further, from a penetration rate of just 2% in June 2017, almost 12% of Telegram’s global user base is in India as of September 2019. Telegram’s monthly active users count (on Android) in India at almost 3 crore in September 2019 from 1.8 crore in December 2018. Though still a long way from WhatsApp’s 40 crore monthly users here, serial entrepreneur Pavel Durov-founded Telegram is giving the Facebook-owned messenger app a tough fight with an over 60% rise in monthly active users in the past nine months. CHENNAI: With WhatsApp facing heat over breach of user privacy, there is renewed focus on alternatives like Telegram that are gaining users in India.
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