The private messaging app? Depends on where you are. Telegram eats Signal's cake hands down in Russian-speaking countries... and worldwide[1], with 400M DAU v

The private messaging app? Depends on where you are. Telegram eats Signal's cake hands down in Russian-speaking countries... and worldwide[1], with 400M DAU vs. maybe 20M for Signal. Note that people flock to Telegram specifically because of privacy and us living in the "age of fear and distrust". The ongoing revolution in Belarus is fueled by Telegram, to give one example. That's not to compare Telegram and Signal on their virtues. Just what is actually the app that people end up using in this context. [1]https://techcrunch.com/2020/04/24/telegram-hits-400-million-monthly-active-users https://techcrunch.com/2020/04/24/telegram-hits-400-million-... [2]https://www.wired.com/story/signal-encrypted-messaging-features-mainstream/ https://www.wired.com/story/signal-encrypted-messaging-featu...