In less than six months, the audience of the Telegram messenger grew by 12 million.

The project of Pavel Durov Telegram continues to develop steadily. The number of active users of the messenger has reached 62 million. Telegram users send about two billion messages every day. Last December, there were two times fewer messages. The number of monthly active users increased significantly from 50 to 62 million.

It is known that the number of daily messages on the VKontakte network reached two billion last May. However, it was created by Durov back in 2007.

It is noted that the rapid growth of Telegram popularity began after the purchase of WhatsApp by Facebook more than a year ago. Users who disagree with the change of WhatsApp privacy policy have begun to look for an alternative. For many of them, Telegram has become such an alternative.

Nevertheless, Facebook claims that the number of active WhatsApp users has doubled since the date of purchase and amounted to 800 million.
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Every day more than 220 thousand users are registered in Telegram. In December, an increase of 145 thousand. The messenger has reached the greatest popularity in Europe, Latin America, India, Arab countries and Southeast Asia, reports TechCrunch.