Meanwhile, the offline messaging app Bridgefy saw the largest percentage increase in new installs, growing a whopping 4,730.8% month-over-month from just 591 downloads during the same period last month to now 28,550 new installs over the past few days.Īnother walkie-talkie app, Zello, grew downloads 99.3% from 12,540 January 24-27 to 24,990 during February 24-27. ![]() (Of course, to what extent the service is actually viable in the places it’s needed may be reflected in the app’s rank going forward.)Īmong the top messaging apps, some saw greater adoption than others.įrom the start of the Russian invasion on February 24, 2022, through Sunday, FebruTelegram topped the charts with 54,200 new installs across both the App Store and Google Play combined - a 25% increase from the same time period in January. Elsewhere in the top 10 is WhatsApp Maps.Me, an offline maps app that’s now ranking a half dozen spots higher than Google Maps, which has now just pulled its live traffic (info dubbed a security risk) and Starlink’s app from SpaceX - the latter which jumped up 39 spots after Elon Musk announced the satellite internet service was now active in the country. According to data from app store intelligence firm Apptopia, over the past several days Ukrainians have been downloading various communication apps, offline maps and more where they can keep up with the latest news and information, like Twitter and streaming radio apps.Ĭurrently, the top five apps in the country’s iOS App Store include the private messenger Signal, messaging app Telegram, Twitter and offline messengers Zello and Bridgefy. ![]() Ukrainians have turned to offline mapping and encrypted communication apps in the wake of the Russian invasion of their country, which is displacing millions who have left their homes to either fight back or flee to neighboring countries.
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