“Telegram is spreading like a forest fire,” Mr. Durov remarked on Tuesday to US pundit Tucker Carlson.
Tell us about Telegram, and what has made it so popular recently.
Fundamentally, Telegram appears very similar. Users of this encrypted messaging service can post to a feed and send private messages, much like on other platforms.
Mr. Duvrov claimed that when he was in Russia, he had the idea for an encrypted texting software. Nikolai, his younger brother, created the encryption.
In 2014, he left the nation due to pressure to restrict social media.
With 900 million users as of right now, Telegram is especially well-liked in Russia and the former Soviet Union. It comes in second place globally among the most popular social media networks, behind WeChat, Facebook, YouTube, WhatsApp, Instagram, and TikTok.
