Signal is the number-one downloaded app in the Netherlands. But what?


Privacy-concentrated Messaging app signal flew high in the Dutch app, sorting the past month, often sit on top of the dropped free app to iOS and Android about all categories of any categories, per data of multiple app-tracks plates like sensor TowerIn the.

The app has experienced signing in popularity in the years, often in response to Policy changes to rivals like whatsapp or Geololitan eventsIn the. That is because signal has made a name for himself as a more privacy option – it is focused by a non-final foundation a based in USITE. Besides, signal tracks minimum metadata.

In 2025, with a new US President of the Big compchiness of the Big compch is getting warm, it’s not surprising, designed that due that steaming judicors weather at a moment. attracted President Trump’s IreIn the.

But what is special to the creeping out this time around the memory in a very specific local localities – Holland.

Signal data from sensor Tower
Signal data from sensor TowerImage Credits:Sensor Tower / Screenshot

In one Interview with Dutch newspaper digging the last week, signal president Meredith Whitataker Utely the number of the “new options is higher,” in the Netherlands by 25, but it is not clear what is the exact pretense time for this data.

When you need to know a hollyenties of a hitentives, whether cold, Kokakaton that have been stored other factors differentify differently. “Especiallyric dread and the European government, in the European reality and wide realmities of high reality, and the political intellent environment. White-sized by letters you

Data provided for Techrcrunch of the App Intelligence Company Appfigures Chart signal rise in the Netherlands. Per its data, signal ranked 365st under non-play iPhone apps and the Netherlands the 1. January, and did not appear in the top general apps. Then, starts about the 5th. January, it started to climb the ranking, the top position until 2. February.

Signal is in the 3. February and the 958% increases, and the suit and the 1.

Which one of the overdones are made reasonable to organize as in other markets that are in other markets to the above case, on the case of case.

“No other markets will come near the Netherlands in terms of growth between December and February and February,” Appleigors.

For the comparison until 2009 is in 2009 since 1838, in the age of 151% of 151% and exemplary.

So why may you experience signal, which one rumitor has “Mass adoption moment“In the Netherlands?

Clearly signal

Rejo zenerSeniiors Policy advice on Dutch digitacy rights foundation Bits of freedomsaid that if it is difficult to dip a specific reason he is not surprised.

Recent developments in the United States saw the great platform provider align with the new trump administration, and this has stopped considerable public and media debate. The right of national European textizing of the European CPS will be a black kit.

“The Dutchness are, as many others, very dependent on the infrastructure of extremely dominant companies, mostly from the United States,” TENDER. “What this means, and the risks in the past few weeks. As a result the public is the public is done at the Netherlands. Where in the past this problem has been discussed in the level of the”What instant messenger should I use‘I feel now have the debate at higher levels:’We should get rid of this dependenceIn the. ‘”

We could make the public precisely precisely the minchanation is deactivated with. With companies as meta are regular investigated and and Fed up About Data Rules Paccuse can appear to the signal that the lonely evils: it is based in the US, but operated by a non-profit of the two profit of the two profit of the two profit of the two profiling Metadata around itIn the.

Vincent buiceDirector in the Dutch Privacy organization Privacy firstAlso, indicated on increased media coverage in a wider shift in the public opinion.

“Since Trump is chosen a couple months ago, there was a lot of the trump and (elion) music in Dutch, and the bandal protrudes, and the brief-propirs are now enlarged and Dutch General

Signal of intent

Signal Messaging Application President PRADEFIFH WHITTERED.
Signa’s President Mexh Whitter in Web Summit, and Lissabon has the 42. 2022Image Credits:Patricia the melo Irair / AFP / GETTY POSSE

Adoumum is a just a moment’s a day of 18 million people in a European speeching of land, if he is a brider and enacting privations

Apple, for example recently pulled end-to-end encryption from iCloud and the UK for counter-government efforts to install a backdoor.

Talked at Ension rights there’s rights millions And Taiwan this week, whitter repuallypiving Signal of the Signals Undavering attitude on privacy.

“Signals their position in this is very clear – we do not give up in the” Pertcial, or safety that people hug people at the signs. Whittcaker saidIn the. “Whether the Perturbation or Backdoor called Customer casters, or the strip of disposal of the encryption of the encryption of a or other feature similar to that Apple has struck in the UK

Separated, in a Interview with Schwedesch ëffentleche Sendbunn svt, Whittetaker sot Signal net mat engem proposéierte schwedesche Gesetzer déi Messagerie App-Make-Make-Make-Mascer erfuerderen.

Meaning that such meaning to branch the feature is the firmation is the most sandrehers “” “cartacars said” kartachavill said “grinding. “We are asking us to save our data us very architecture and we will never do that. We’d rather leave the Swedish market.”

Technitianti followed to the signal for the comment, but didn’t hear the time.

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