READ MORE: Is Telegram working on a premium messaging feature? According to Sensor Tower, the app joins the ranks of WhatsApp, Messenger, Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat, Spotify, TikTok, and Netflix. Telegram isn’t the first app to receive over one billion downloads. For example, it was reported earlier this year that the app had 500 million active users. Now, keep in mind that the number of downloads doesn’t really equate to how many people are actually using the app.

READ MORE: Telegram now lets you hide spoilers and react to messages “ followed by Russia and Indonesia, which represent about 10% and 8% of, respectively. The app’s installs accelerated in 2021, reaching about 214.7 million installs in the first half of 2021, up 61% year-over-year from 133 million in H1 2020,” it added. According to Sensor Tower, the world’s second-largest internet market accounts for approximately 22% of lifetime installs. The country driving the most downloads is India. Sensor Tower told TechCrunch that they topped the one billion download mark on Friday. To put that number into perspective, roughly seven and a half people are living on this planet. Telegram, the heavily encrypted and popular messaging app, has been download over one billion times globally, according to Sensor Tower (via TechCrunch).

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