The signal sees his downloads double after scandal

Encrypted message Signal He continues to see extensions with the messages scandal that Atlantic editor -in -chief Jeffrey Goldberg saw, added to a group chat where high -ranking staff in Trump’s administration was discussing an attack on Huti’s rebels in YemenS The resulting reflection of the press around the leakage of these sensitive plans is to make more people check the Signal application for the first time, leading to a doubling of its downloads.

According to the App Intelligence Provider AppfiguresThe downloads increased by 26% on the day when the news was broken, an indication that users were curious about the app used by the Trump administration members. The next day, the downloads jumped to 193,000 and until Wednesday reached the highest maximum of 195,000, the company noted.

For comparison, the signal usually sees an average of 95,000 downloads on average.

Appfigures traces the impact of the scandal on the first day signal application. Earlier found that the application signal IOS and Google Play downloads had jumped with 28% On Monday, when the news initially broke, with the United States with 45% with 42% with 42%.

The Trump administration rejected the severity of the incident, where the Atlantic journalist was added by accident to a group chat between employees.

Although Secretary of Defense Peter Heget, who was chatting with VP JD Vance and others, denied that “plans for war” were shared through the “encrypted chat” app, The Atlantic later published Complete messages that show employees discuss the time, location and weapons that the US will use in the attack. Trump has Ever since they refused to attack the media for its prolonged coating of the incident.

The Signal application itself is not compromised to allow this leak. Instead, the journalist was accidentally added to the thread. National Security Advisor Michael Waltz has taken responsibility for making the group chat first but has wines over the inconvenient mistake.

Appfigures suffocates the doubling of downloads to the old saying “All Press Is Good Press” as the scandal has increased the signal visibility and probably introduced the app for thousands of users for the first time.