WhatsApp is available in over 180 countries around the world.

Downloads: 96 million (in February 2020, a 42.4% YoY increase from February 2019).

Acquired by Facebook in 2014 for $19 billion.

Founded in 2009 by Brian Acton and Jan Koum as an app to replace text messages.

What you need to know about WhatsApp, Facebook Messenger and Google Whatsapp - statistics and key facts

Read this article to gain full clarity about the apps that dominate the market and learn more about alternative privacy apps for Android, iOS and desktop that promise to bring their users full privacy and security. This is why more and more people are getting interested in privacy apps that promise to protect their data, keep their conversations private, and never use their information to display ads or build new products. No wonder people are leaving - Facebook (WhatsApp’s owner) lost consumer trust in privacy back in 2017 when the EU fined it for data sharing activities in WhatsApp.

WhatsApp now pushed the deadline for accepting the new terms to May 15th as it further explains the changes. Take a look at the Google Play and Apple App stores: Signal saw 7.5 million downloads that week - a 4,200% increase on the previous week - and Telegram got 9 million downloads, a 91% increase. WhatsApp recently asked users to agree to updated terms of service, triggering a massive exodus to alternative apps like Signal or Telegram.

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