# Telegram

Standing (still-up). Founded 2013-08-14.
Site: [telegram.org](https://telegram.org)

Pavel Durov, 2013. Still the other messenger, and in some countries the messenger.

## Why it lasted
- Channels, bots, and huge groups made it infrastructure for places WhatsApp is a family chat.
- Durov as a walking opposition brand is a distribution channel, for better and worse.

## Near deaths
- App store bans, government bans, arrest headlines. Each one is a load test. The user graph held.

## What would finish it
- A ban that actually sticks in the countries where it is the public square, plus a trust collapse around the encryption story.

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