Techcrunch, citing the data of Sensor Tower, said Telegram crossed one billion downloads worldwide last week. Other apps in this list include Telegram’s hardcore-rivals Whatsapp as well as Messenger, FB, Instagram, Snapchat, Spotify, and Netflix.
The censor tower reported that India emerged as the largest internet market for Telegram. After the Telegram came into existence, 22 percent of it has been downloaded in India alone. After India, Russia and Indonesia were two major markets for this app, from where it received 10 percent and eight percent of its total install respectively. It is important to note that the number of installs reported by the sensor tower does not tell the active users of the app. However, Telegram said last year that it had about 50 million monthly active users.
Earlier this month, Business Journal Nikkei Asia cited the data of Analytics platform app Annie, stating that Telegram became the seventh most downloaded app globally in 2020. To comment on download achievement, Units 360 has tried to contact Telegram and this news will be updated when the company responded.
One of the main reasons behind the increasing success of Telegram in the last few months is the negative feeling of users towards WhatsApp. The privacy policy reached new levels with the introduction of the policy update, which the FB -owned platform announced to attract businesses in early 2021 and help the native company’s subsidiaries.
Telegram managed to add millions of new users amidst its rival Sign as well as WhatsApp’s privacy policy case. In three days of the announcement of the privacy policy update by WhatsApp, Founder Pavel Durov announced that Telegram had added 25 million new users. According to the report of the earlier sensor tower, it also became the most downloaded app globally in January.
With the control of the privacy policy case created by WhatsApp, Telegram introduced new features including updated voice chats that act as Clubhouse and Twitter Areas. Also, video calls that can add 1000 viewers at a time, introduced it. It also received an investment of 150 million (about Rs 10,96.38 crore) from Abu Dhabi State Fund Mubadala Investment and Abu Dhabi Catalist Partners in March.
