Pavel Durov announced that Telegram is now the world’s second most popular messaging app, trailing only WeChat, which dominates the Chinese market.
💘 On average, users open Telegram 21 times a day and spend 41 minutes in the app.
💘 Revenue is climbing—Telegram pulled in $547 million in 2024.
💘 The next goal is dethroning WhatsApp, which Durov called "a cheap, watered-down imitation of Telegram."
For years, they’ve desperately tried to copy our innovations while burning billions on lobbying and PR campaigns to slow us down. They failed.
Telegram "grew, became profitable, and—unlike our competitor—retained its independence," Durov concluded.
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