WhatsApp Will Remain Number One Despite Controversies

Telegram recently became one of the select applications in the world to get its billionth download. The application deserves it because of its modern texting features. But at the same time, WhatsApp has more than 6 billion downloads. Being a new app, Signal is nowhere close to these two applications.

Highlights

  • Telegram recently got its billionth download
  • WhatsApp users won’t just shift to Telegram or Signal
  • Signal is one of the most secure applications for texting

Follow Us

WhatsApp

WhatsApp, arguably the world’s largest instant messaging platform, will not see any threat from its rivals Telegram or Signal. A few months back, when controversies related to the privacy policy of the application surfaced in the market, Elon Musk, a big social influencer these days, tweeted and asked people to move to Signal. Signal is one of the most privacy-enhanced applications for texting in the world. At the same time, Telegram should be just behind Signal in privacy and WhatsApp will take the last place because of its recent policies and drive to store user information and sharing it with third-party companies for making additional revenues.




But there’s no way either of these privacy-enhanced applications is going to beat WhatsApp. Here’s why.

Telegram Registered 1 Billionth Download, But Still Not a Threat to WhatsApp

Telegram recently became one of the select applications in the world to get its billionth download. The application deserves it because of its modern texting features. But at the same time, WhatsApp has more than 6 billion downloads. Being a new app, Signal is nowhere close to these two applications.

The reason why WhatsApp won’t be overtaken by either of these applications is the brand it has created for itself. It was one of the earliest chatting applications in the world, which got very famous very fast, and since Facebook has acquired it, the app has been rolling out new features every few weeks.

Further, the fact that many people didn’t shift to other applications despite WhatsApp claiming that it will take their data and share it with others is just a testament to the fact that people are ‘used’ to the app’s interface and features, and they wouldn’t want to shift to any other application any time soon.

But there’s also one more thing to consider here. While people can use Telegram and Signal, they can also use WhatsApp. Shifting to either of these applications doesn’t require the users to leave the other one. Thus, WhatsApp for many users can be for different kinds of conversations and Telegram/Signal can be installed for a different purpose.

At the end of the day, it would require a miracle for either Signal or Telegram to beat WhatsApp at the current rate at which it is growing.

Reported By

Editor in Chief

Tanay is someone with whom you can chill and talk about technology and life. A fitness enthusiast and cricketer, he loves to read and write.

Recent Comments

Rohit79 :

South K sigh! they make good material but do exclusive dealings like everyone else

OnePlus 13 and Xiaomi 15 to Feature Qualcomm Snapdragon 8…

TheAndroidFreak :

They degraded the whole camera set up(even One Plus 13 and Realme GT 7 Pro) to accommodate costs of USB3.…

OnePlus 13 and Xiaomi 15 to Feature Qualcomm Snapdragon 8…

TheAndroidFreak :

It's not going to happen ever. Airtel is losing much market share due to no band 1. Vi will be…

Airtel Strengthens Network in Jammu - Kashmir and Leh Ladakh…

TheAndroidFreak :

Yes, but except camera hardware, and everything is dope.

OnePlus 13 and Xiaomi 15 to Feature Qualcomm Snapdragon 8…

Load More
Subscribe
Notify of
2 Comments
newest
oldest most voted
Inline Feedbacks
View all comments