Despite announcing a controversial privacy policy update in January 2021, WhatsApp has not seen a prolonged and drastic slow down in its daily active user growth. In August 2021, the leading mobile messaging app was reporting more than four percent DAU growth compared to January 2021. By comparison, both Telegram and Signal reported losing daily active users, with Signal counting a loss of more than 60 percent in its DAU compared to January.
Daily active user (DAU) growth of WhatsApp, Telegram, and Signal from January to August 2021
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Bloomberg. (2021). Daily active user (DAU) growth of WhatsApp, Telegram, and Signal from January to August 2021. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: May 13, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1263317/whatsapp-telegram-signal-dau-growth/
Bloomberg. "Daily Active User (Dau) Growth of Whatsapp, Telegram, and Signal from January to August 2021." Statista, Statista Inc., 2 Sep 2021, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1263317/whatsapp-telegram-signal-dau-growth/
Bloomberg, Daily active user (DAU) growth of WhatsApp, Telegram, and Signal from January to August 2021 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1263317/whatsapp-telegram-signal-dau-growth/ (last visited May 13, 2024)
Daily active user (DAU) growth of WhatsApp, Telegram, and Signal from January to August 2021 [Graph], Bloomberg, September 2, 2021. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1263317/whatsapp-telegram-signal-dau-growth/