Telegram gets 25 million new users in just 3 days thanks to WhatsApp privacy policy controversy

• Telegram now has over 500 million active users on its platform. 
• Over 25 million people joined Telegram in the past 72 hours alone. 
• 38 percent of the new users were from Asia, 27 percent from Europe, 21 percent from Latin America, and 8 percent from Middle East and North America

Ever since WhatsApp updated its privacy policy that called for tighter integration between the messaging platform and its parent company Facebook, people have been flocking to competitors in droves. WhatsApp's competitors such as Telegram and Signal saw a massive uptick in the number of active users. Telegram now claims that it crossed the 500 million active users mark, with 25 million of them having joined the platform in the past 72 hours. Telegram founder Pavel Durov said 38 percent of the new users were from Asia, 27 percent from Europe, 21 percent from Latin America, and 8 percent from MENA (the Middle East and North America). This is a significant increase compared to last year when 1.5 million new users signed up every day.