Telegram is among the top 5 most downloaded applications in the world in the first quarter of 2022, according to Sensor Tower. TikTok was ranked first, Instagram, Facebook (banned in the Russian Federation) and WhatsApp were ranked second, third and fourth, respectively.

Source: Sensor Tower

“In 2022, Telegram is again in the top 5 most downloaded apps in the world (just like in 2021). Of these top 5 most popular apps, Telegram is the only one that doesn’t spend billions on marketing to buy downloads. In a way, we are the only app that is on the list purely because it is genuinely loved by the people,” — the founder of the messenger Pavel Durov wrote in his Telegram channel.

In Europe, Telegram is the third most downloaded app after TikTok and WhatsApp.

Original (in Russian)