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Edit: I was wrong, 40M MAU is peanuts and shouldn't even be considered an app really.

• echelon_musk 3y ago
  It is absolutely barely used. I say this as someone who used it exclusively for 5+ years before giving up and using WhatsApp. There is hardly even a comparison between Signal and WhatsApp. Downloads != users.
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• outime 3y ago
  Compared to the other examples, it's rarely used. For instance, Messenger has 3B MAU whereas Signal has 40M, which is just a bit over 1% of Messenger's user base, yet Messenger wasn't mentioned in OP among others which is my point.
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• lee-rhapsody 3y ago
  Seems like you're splitting hairs. His point was that some of these services popular with the HN crowd aren't as popular elsewhere. And Signal has historically had a reputation of being used primarily by techies, not the general masses (even if the current numbers indicate that's shifted).
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