Telegram downloaded over a billion times

Previously, Instagram, Netflix, WhatsApp, Spotify, Facebook, Messenger, and Snapchat have boasted about similar achievements.

The resource TechCrunch reported that the messenger Telegram has crossed the milestone of one billion downloads.

Telegram ranked fifteenth in terms of downloads, following apps like Instagram, Netflix, WhatsApp, Spotify, Facebook, Messenger, Snapchat, and others.

In the first half of 2021, the messenger Telegram was installed nearly 215 million times, which is a 61% increase compared to the same period the previous year. In 2020, it was downloaded 133 million times.

Interesting facts about Telegram:

- In January 2021, Telegram became the second most downloaded app in the USA.

- The rise in the app's popularity may have been linked to the introduction of new privacy policies in WhatsApp.

- Telegram also became more sought after due to the suspension of Donald Trump's accounts on Twitter and Facebook. At that time, the popular social network Parler, favored by Trump supporters, was also shut down.

- In February 2021, the messenger Telegram was valued by investors at 30 billion USD.

- In February 2021, Telegram sought to raise 1 billion USD privately.

- Pavel Durov, the founder of Telegram, announced on March 23, 2021, that the messenger sold bonds to investors, thus raising 1 billion USD.

- At the end of March 2021, Pavel Durov released a statement that those investors who purchased Telegram's bonds would not be able to influence the app's policies and would not have management rights.