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> India is WhatsApp's biggest market with over 400 million users > Signal saw 2,200 installs on India's app stores on Wednesday up 38% from 1,600 installs in t
by whycombagator 6y ago
> India is WhatsApp's biggest market with over 400 million users
> Signal saw 2,200 installs on India's app stores on Wednesday up 38% from 1,600 installs in the week ended December 30, according to mobile intelligence firm Sensor Tower. Signal saw about 51,000 installs in December, up 11% from 46,000 in November.
Its going to take a while to catch up I think, but:
> Harada declined to provide numbers, citing company policy, saying the Sensor Tower data was “directionally correct, but generally the numbers are off by a few magnitudes.”
- imheretolearn 6y agoIt's not even the equivalent of a drop in the ocean. I generally avoid indiatimes.com as it is not a reputable source of information. I am truly surprised to see it pop up on HN
- londons_explore 6y agoEven so, Christmas/New year is going to lead to arbitrary peaks and troughs in the data because people will be setting up new phones, starting new jobs/university courses (for which they need extra apps) etc. The only fair way to look at it is on a percentage basis (ie. of all chat apps installed last week, what percentage was whatsapp, and what percentage was signal?) I would be shocked if Signal has even 1% of installations in india.
- dylan604 6y agoThere's also a difference on a brand new user installing the app compared to an existing user downloading on their new device that Santa bought them.