WhatsApp, Telegram, and Signal: daily active user (DAU) growth 2021

Published by Laura Ceci, Sep 16, 2021
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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Statistic: Daily active user (DAU) growth of WhatsApp, Telegram, and Signal from January to August 2021

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September 2021

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Worldwide

Survey time period

January to August 2021

Age group

18 years and older

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