Signal messaging app sees meteoric rise in daily installs as people look for WhatsApp alternatives

  • The number of new users installing messaging app Signal every day is on track to cross 1 million
  • Rival WhatsApp updated its privacy terms recently, reserving the right to share user data with its parent Facebook and units such as Instagram and Messenger

Messaging app Signal’s new installs are surging after rival WhatsApp updated its privacy terms. Photo: AFP
The number of new users installing messaging app Signal every day is on track to cross 1 million, putting it closer to levels seen by larger rival WhatsApp, following an update to the Facebook-owned app’s privacy policy.

About 810,000 users globally installed Signal on Sunday, nearly 18-fold compared with the download numbers on January 6, the day WhatsApp updated its privacy terms, according to data from research firm Apptopia.

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