Telegram Overtakes WhatsApp as Top Messaging App in Russia
MOSCOW – Telegram has surpassed WhatsApp to become Russia’s top messaging application, the mobile operator Megafon has announced.
Megafon said the use of Telegram in Russia has increased rapidly since February 24, when Russia launched an attack on Ukraine.
The share of Telegram in the total messaging traffic rose from 43% to 63% in the first two weeks of March.
WhatsApp’s share, meanwhile, dropped from 48% to 32% in the same period.
Earlier, Meta- the parent company of WhatsApp, Instagram, and Facebook- announced that it would allow violent messages against Russians supporting the war in Ukraine and Russian soldiers participating in the war.
Following this development, access to Instagram and Facebook had been banned in Russia.
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