Backlash against WhatsApp as Telegram gains 25m new users in 72 hours Backlash against WhatsApp as Telegram gains 25m new users in 72 hours
WhatsApp records 14% decrease in downloads in 1 week
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TELEGRAM messaging app has gained 25 million new users in the last 72 hours, profiting from an ongoing backlash against WhatsApp’s new privacy policy.
Telegram has reached 500 million users already and market sentiments show that the number will grow in the coming days due to WhatsApp’s ill-advised proposal to share users’ data with Facebook.
“In the past 72 hours alone, more than 25 million new users from around the world joined Telegram. These milestones were made possible by users like you who invite friends to Telegram,” Telegram said in a statement sent to users on Wednesday, including this writer.