Telegram Messaging App Gained 70 Million New Users Amid Facebook Outage, Founder Says

Telegram Messaging App Gained 70 Million New Users Amid Facebook Outage, Founder Says
In this photo illustration, the messaging service Telegram app is seen on a mobile phone in London on Jan. 11, 2021. Edward Smith/Getty Images
Isabel van Brugen
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Messaging app Telegram says it gained 70 million new users during the widespread outage across a suite of Facebook’s social media and messaging services.

Telegram founder and CEO Pavel Durov said in a statement that it saw a “record increase in user registration and activity” when Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp, which are all owned by Facebook, went offline for around six hours.

Isabel van Brugen
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Isabel van Brugen is an award-winning journalist. She holds a master's in newspaper journalism from City, University of London.
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