Social media platforms have become part of everyone’s lives. From morning to evening, most of our time we spend looking into our mobile phone. Especially during the Covid lockdown times, social media have fulfilled our need for connection with others. In these crisis times, many people spent a significant time surfing the internet chatting with others. There are hundreds of social media platforms. But very few have won our trust, so most of us are well aware of such platforms as WhatsApp, Telegram, Instagram, etc.
Over the years, many platforms have come to the surface to compete with these giants. But they quickly faded away. Social media Giants like Whatsapp, Telegram, and Instagram have become the mainstream apps for connecting and chatting with family and friends. Both the giants Whatsapp and Telegram have been competing for a long time for reaching maximum customers. Now, Telegram has crossed over 1 billion downloads in the Google Play store.
Telegram cloud-based instant messaging app was launched in 2013. Over the years, it has gone through many transformations. Though it came after Whatsapp, it has also gained a decent number of users from the beginning. Many people even started using Telegram and Whatsapp simultaneously.
Even many of us, also use both of the instant messaging apps. Telegram has been competing with Whatsapp for a long time. The battle has been continued for a long time. After so many years, looks like now the time is favoring Telegram. In recent years, several incidents that happened with Whatsapp have definitely boosted the Telegram user base.
Previously, when Whatsapp introduces new privacy policies many people were against it. Many people opposed the newly formed Whatsapp privacy policies. Though following Whatsapp has clarified the matter, it has impacted its user’s trust significantly. During that time, many users started looking for alternative instant messaging apps.
In the pool of instant messaging apps, it is Telegram that has been benefitted the most. During that time, Telegram has witnessed millions of new users joining the platform. Soon it has broken many records as the fastest growing instant messaging app.
Not only that, Telegram has come with many exciting features for attracting new users. It has launched new emojis, group calls, screen sharing options, updated voice chats like chat rooms. All these additional features have become an advantage for the app. Many users who were disappointed with Whatsapp’s new privacy policies switched to Telegram.
Telegram’s attractive features and having a good track record of keeping users’ data safe and secure have played a key role in its success. From starting of this year, 2021 the app has been witnessing crazy growth. Many people started using the platform. Not only that, they loved it and it gave a great boost for the platform.
Along with that, a recent outage of WhatsApp and other social media app’s situation has made Telegram a hero. WhatsApp has witnessed the longest outage in its lifetime. This outage has favored Telegram. After all these situations, Telegram has been downloaded 1 billion times from the Google Play Store. If you don’t want to miss any trendy updates, then don’t forget to subscribe.
