»Have You Switched To Telegram From WhatsApp? Telegram Says 25 Million Joined In The Last 72 Hours 1-MIN READ Have You Switched To Telegram From WhatsApp? Telegram Says 25 Million Joined In The Last 72 Hours As 25 million new active users have joined the privacy focused Telegram in the past 72 hours, it pushed the user base beyond the 500 million mark. This sudden spike in users shouldn’t come as a surprise, after the Facebook owned WhatsApp announced the new Privacy Policy and Terms of Use on January 7. Last Updated:January 13, 2021, 10:12 IST FOLLOW US ON: Instant messaging app Telegram has now clocked 500 million active users globally. While that is a significant milestone in itself, the bigger highlight perhaps is that 25 million new active users have joined the privacy focused Telegram in the past 72 hours, to push the user base beyond the 500 million mark. This sudden spike in users shouldn’t come as a surprise, after the Facebook owned WhatsApp announced the new Privacy Policy and Terms of Use on January 7 with pop-up alerts for users in the WhatsApp app, something that did nothing to assuage the fears about user data tracking and sharing. At this time, Telegram is the second most popular app on the Apple App Store for iPhone users, behind Signal. WhatsApp has been pushed down to third, though the latest numbers suggest WhatsApp is still being downloaded in large numbers.