Signal Messaging App Hits Top of Stores After Reaching 1.3 Million Downloads in One Day

The messaging service Signal on a cellphone in Toulouse, France, on Jan. 11, 2021. Lionel Bonaventure/AFP via Getty Images

Private messaging application Signal hit the top of both Apple and Google app stores after being installed 1.3 million times on Monday.

The number of downloads was recorded by Apptopia, which tracks apps. The number was a new record for the app.