Last year it was a very complicated one to Telegram That in the end he had to share the personal data of the users under judicial order, although he has started with good footing by diversifying the use of his chat app and with the announcement made by Pavel Durov, his CEO: the app has exceeded 1,000 million users. He has also given him time to openly criticize WhatsApp.
Last year Telegram reported that it reached 950 million monthly active users to pass now the magical figure of the 1,000 million And thus present a great state of form for one of the most serious alternatives to WhatsApp, the app in which millions of Spaniards trust.
Durov, apart from giving that report of number of active monthly users, has also given an economic figure: The company has registered benefits of 547 million dollars last year. And vice versa that what announced by Telegram in December, this time it has given numbers to better understand how a chat app thanks to the subscription model and other actions.
Telegram CEO has also taken a time to criticize competition: “In front of us is WhatsApp, a Baratic and diluted imitation of Telegram. For years they have desperately tried to copy our innovations with thousands of millions in lobby and public relations campaigns to stop. “
Do not stay alone according to Techcrunchbut throw a poisoned dart Mark Zuckerberg with his following words: “They failed. Telegram grew, became profitable and, unlike our competitor, maintained its independence.” A few statements to go directly to the most installed chat app in Spain and in Europe as well as other regions in the world.
WhatsApp currently treasure more than 2,000 million users Monthly assets, a figure that folds that of Telegram, but that does not mean that the Durov chat app follows your feet on the different paths it takes as it happens with the business app or the channels.
Durov’s words are not badly aimedsince Telegram has been the reference in terms of novelties, although lately, for a few years, WhatsApp has channeled its path towards the integration of many novelties in a short time. So many that sometimes it is difficult to differentiate how the app is now to what it was.
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A reference app in the integration of certain technologies such as Blockchain Ton and certain decentralizations related to its Apps ecosystem or the same verification system that it launched as a network of third -party accounts. A competition between both apps that continues to enrich its users of new experiences and thus none can choose to become a monopoly in the future.
