Telegram messaging app hits 900M users

By Agence France-Presse

Apr 19, 2024 12:07 am

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates: The encrypted messaging app Telegram has reached more than 900 million active users and should pass the 1-billion mark within a year, its boss said in an interview published on Wednesday.

'Telegraph is spreading like a forest fire. Two-and-a-half million users sign up every day,' said Pavel Durov, the Russian who founded the company alongside his brother Nikolai, in a rare interview with controversial right-wing US talk show host Tucker Carlson.

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