# WhatsApp Messenger vs Telegram

> Taken from the public Google Play listing. Every figure below carries the date it was updated.
> Nothing is modelled or estimated. A new collection starts at 00:00 UTC daily and takes several hours; an individual app's reading lands at some point inside that window.

Source page: https://appcurves.com/compare/whatsapp-messenger-vs-telegram

## WhatsApp Messenger

- Package: `com.whatsapp`
- Developer: WhatsApp LLC
- Category: Communication
- Platform: Android (Google Play)
- Released: Oct 18, 2010
- Lifetime downloads: 12,322,703,000 (updated 2026-09-21)
- What the store shows instead: 10,000,000,000+
- Rating: 4.62 from 244,039,372 ratings
- Downloads added: none — the counter held between 2026-09-20 and 2026-09-21
- Readings kept: 48 (2026-08-04 → 2026-09-21)
- Chart positions on 2026-09-21 (Top Free): #1 AD, #1 AE, #1 AF, #1 AG, #1 AI, #1 AL, #1 AM, #1 AO (best 8 shown) — charts in 203 of 203 markets scanned

### Latest readings

| Date (UTC) | Lifetime downloads | Added |
|---|---:|---:|
| 2026-09-15 | 12,313,358,562 | — |
| 2026-09-16 | 12,322,703,000 | +9,344,438 |
| 2026-09-17 | 12,322,703,000 | held |
| 2026-09-18 | 12,322,703,000 | held |
| 2026-09-19 | 12,322,703,000 | held |
| 2026-09-20 | 12,322,703,000 | held |
| 2026-09-21 | 12,322,703,000 | held |

"held" means Google's own counter showed the same figure as the day before — it is a real reading, not a missed one.

Showing the latest 7 of 48 readings. Signed-in followers see the full curve from the day they followed.

## Telegram

- Package: `org.telegram.messenger`
- Developer: Telegram FZ-LLC
- Category: Communication
- Platform: Android (Google Play)
- Released: Sep 6, 2013
- Lifetime downloads: 2,981,239,566 (updated 2026-09-21)
- What the store shows instead: 1,000,000,000+
- Rating: 3.82 from 17,249,257 ratings
- Downloads added: none — the counter held between 2026-09-20 and 2026-09-21
- Readings kept: 49 (2026-08-04 → 2026-09-21)
- Chart positions on 2026-09-21 (Top Free): #1 BY, #1 CN, #1 ET, #1 IR, #1 KH, #1 MM, #1 RU, #1 UA (best 8 shown) — charts in 186 of 203 markets scanned

### Latest readings

| Date (UTC) | Lifetime downloads | Added |
|---|---:|---:|
| 2026-09-15 | 2,975,049,845 | — |
| 2026-09-16 | 2,978,264,397 | +3,214,552 |
| 2026-09-17 | 2,981,239,566 | +2,975,169 |
| 2026-09-18 | 2,981,239,566 | held |
| 2026-09-19 | 2,981,239,566 | held |
| 2026-09-20 | 2,981,239,566 | held |
| 2026-09-21 | 2,981,239,566 | held |

"held" means Google's own counter showed the same figure as the day before — it is a real reading, not a missed one.

Showing the latest 7 of 49 readings. Signed-in followers see the full curve from the day they followed.

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