The loss of WhatsApp is the profit of Telegram. Since WhatsApp announced its new privacy policy, users have found peace in other messaging applications, including Telegram and Signal. Although there were many suspicions about WhatsApp’s privacy policy, users found the other apps more reliable and secure even before WhatsApp could declare the matter. However, it seems that Telegram has really benefited from this sudden shift of WhatsApp users.
According to the latest sensor tower report, Telegram has become the most downloaded app in Google Play Store. Telegram moved from ninth position to first place in Google Play Store. This is the fourth most downloaded app in the Apple App Store. And if we look at the overall downloads, Telegram also makes the top spot here.
“Telegram was the most downloaded non-game app worldwide for January 2021 with over 63 million installations, 3.8 times more than the download in January 2020. The countries with the largest number of Telegram installations were India with 24 percent, followed by Indonesia with 10 percent The top 10 ranking of non-game shows worldwide according to downloads for January 2021. is above. Estimates of downloads come from Sensor Tower’s Store Intelligence platform, “Sensor Tower reported.
The largest number of downloads was 24 percent from India. TikTok has become the second most downloaded app despite a ban in India.
“Last month, TikTok was the second most installed non-game app worldwide with nearly 62 million installations. The countries with the largest number of TikTok installations were 17 percent from Douyin in China, followed by the United States with 10 percent. Signal, Facebook and WhatsApp rounded out the five best installed non-game apps worldwide for the month, ”reads the report.
Telegram has now made it easier for users to export their chat from WhatsApp to Telegram. Explaining the feature, Telegram said: ‘More than 100 million new users joined Telegram in January to seek more privacy and freedom. But what about the messages and memories left behind in older programs? As of today, anyone can bring their chat history, including videos and documents, from apps like WhatsApp, Line and KakaoTalk to Telegram. It works for both individual chats and groups.
Here’s how to move chats from WhatsApp to Telegram
—WhatsApp on iOS, open the Contact Info or Group Info page in WhatsApp, tap Export chat and then select Telegram from the share menu.
—Open a WhatsApp chat on Android, tap> More> Chat and select Telegram from the share menu.