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Telegram's popularity soaring after Capitol riots: What to know
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foxnews.comThe secure California-based messaging app Signal may be surging in popularity in the wake of the U.S. Capitol riots, but another messaging app, Telegram, is also seeing a rise in users.
According to Reuters, citing data from Apptopia, the Telegram app was downloaded 5.6 million times worldwide from Wednesday through Sunday.
Like Signal, Telegram allows its users to send texts, videos and audio or picture messages with 256-bit symmetric AES encryption.
It is "one of the top 10 most-used apps in the world," with more than 500 million active users, according to the company's profile.
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