Telegram is considered one of the best WhatsApp alternatives and this was proven a few weeks ago when the company owned by Facebook stopped working for a few hours.
The event prompted many users to turn to alternatives, such as Telegram, whose adoption was launched.
Telegram has surpassed the 1 billion download mark on Google Play Store.
According to her founder Telegram, Pavel Durov, after the cessation of WhatsApp, at least 70 million new accounts were created within a few hours.
"Telegram's daily growth rate has exceeded the norm and we have welcomed over 70 million refugees from other platforms in one day. I'm proud of how our team handled the unprecedented growth, because Telegram continued to work flawlessly for the vast majority of our users. "Some users in America may have noticed slower speeds than usual, as millions of users from the continent were trying to subscribe to Telegram at the same time," said Pavel Durov.
Needless to say, the actual number of Telegram app downloads for Android θα μπορούσε να είναι σημαντικά υψηλότερος, καθώς ο προαναφερθείς αριθμός περιλαμβάνει μόνο τις εγκαταστάσεις που πραγματοποιήθηκαν μέσω του Google Play store.
Of course, there are also the Apple downloads, but they are not available data as the company does not share such information.
