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Thearrest of Telegram founderand chief executive officer Pavel Durov in France is starting to affect the app ’s traction and ranking .
On Saturday , the founder was arrested for allegedly allowing illegal body process to thrive on the social app by failing to moderate substance adequately , particularly in areas involve drug trafficking , money laundering and thedistributionof kid sexual abuse cloth ( CSAM ) . Despite the concerns bring up over the app ’s content , Telegram is presently seeing an increase in downloads , sending it to the No . 2 emplacement on the U.S. App Store ’s Social Networking charts and boosting its global iOS downloads by 4 % so far .
Telegram ’s aerodynamic lift did not happen immediately after Durov ’s pinch . That could be because many hoi polloi only see of the news when they were catch up with newspaper headline they missed over the weekend , or because third - party source for app stock intelligence activity are somewhat delayed in picking up rank changes .
App Intelligence firmAppfiguresreports that Telegram did n’t move into the No . 2 position on the Social Networking charts on the U.S. App Store until 3 a.m. Eastern Standard Time on Monday , indicating the face lifting the app is receiving is only now underway . It may be a short - lived bump — as of publication clock time , the app had already dismiss to No . 3 . in Social in the U.S. , for case .
However , in France , where Durov was detained , the app pass over to No.1 in the Social Networking family on the App Store and became the No . 3 top app overall .
In the top apps chart ( which excludes games ) , Telegram moved up from No . 18 in the U.S. to No . 8 , or an increase in 10 order positions since Friday . This is its highest rank here since at least January 1 , 2023 , Appfigures said .
Typically , Apple ’s App Store rankings excogitate a combination of metrics like the number of app installs and download speed , among other factors .
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Nevertheless , the adage thatany press is good pressappears to be true , at least in terms of Telegram ’s visibleness on the App Store . As users download the app out of curiosity — or even in support of the founder ’s ideas around “ free speech ” — the app began to climb in the ranking .
Based on a separate analysis provided by market intelligence firmSensor Tower , Telegram ’s global downloads on iOS have already ensure a 4 % increase day - over - day as of Sunday .
On Monday , Gallic President Emmanuel Macroncommentedthat the collar was due to an “ on-going judicial investigation ” and that it would be up to the judges to find on the matter . “ It is in no way a political conclusion , ” he said .
I have seen fictive information regarding France follow the apprehension of Pavel Durov . France is deeply committed to freedom of construction and communication , to innovation , and to the spirit of entrepreneurship . It will persist so . In a body politic governed by the ruler of practice of law , …
