Signalgate leads most American signal downloads at all

Signalgate, as it is Come to callIt may be the largest scandal to the Trump administration in the first months of power. But it was great for signal.

since The news broke out Monday Senior cabinet members of the Trump administration In the interest, it included the editor -in -chief of the Atlantic Ocean in a group chat on the encrypted correspondence platform for the reference, where the officials were setting secret plans to bomb Yemen, and the news course that followed and continuous signs to indicate that the encrypted correspondence platform has doubled its usual download rate, which is the non -targeted organization that tells a signal. Given that the year 2025 was already the “Logo year” for the growth of Signal, according to the Signal leadership, this makes this week the greatest stumbling block in the United States in adopting the application in reference for nearly 11 years of existence.

“On the date of reference, this is the largest moment of the United States growth in a huge margin,” says John Harada, the head of growth and partnership. “It is something that raises the mind, even on our side.”

Hararada refused to give absolute numbers for the growth of the Signal user to the saying that its total download in “hundreds of millions”, which was so for several years. But he said that the rate of adoption of the week was twice the average average week of 2025, which in turn was twice the price of a typical week at the same time last year. “It happened immediately,” says Harada. “It has been continuing. We have maintained this rate every day.”

On the date of reference, the only height of the adoption occurred at WhatsApp It changed the privacy policy in 2021Hararada says, which led to the abandonment of millions of users this communication application. But this incident mostly brought non -Americans to reference, unlike the current signal of the United States.

The numbers are compatible with Tower Market Intelligence Sensor Tower to a large extent with the Signal analysis of this growth: The company says that signals in the United States increased by 105 percent compared to the previous week – and 150 percent compared to the average week in 2024. Outside the United States, the sensor tower has only witnessed 21 percent in the signals of signals Compared to the previous week.

Atlantic disclosure on Monday that Defense Minister Beit Higseth, Director of National Intelligence Tolsi Gabbard, National Security Adviser Michael Waltz, Vice President C. Serious questions about the Trump administration security practices, which resonate after a few days.

The scandal contacted whether the executive branch officials are planning an airspace using weak or even personal devices instead of safe machines for classified conversations. Group chat clips It was published by the Atlantic Ocean on Wednesday It indicates that officials were using the Signal hidden messaging feature to delete their connections, and perhaps in a violation of the laws to retain the United States.