I would have thought he meant "inside of the West". Outside of the West you have...

RyJones · 2025-09-09T07:34:42 1757403282

Japan is mostly Instagram, line, WhatsApp, telegram, in that order, for me.

For business comms drop instagram and move WhatsApp to first.

For Singapore it seems LinkedIn messages are the go to IM for business.

Europe p2p: telegram number one by a huge margin, then WhatsApp. B2b: WhatsApp, period.

throwaway290 · 2025-09-09T05:57:30 1757397450

Telegram is degraded/blocked in russia depending where you are and how authorities feel today

N19PEDL2 · 2025-09-09T05:47:04 1757396824

I think the most used messaging app in Russia now is Max.

throwaway290 · 2025-09-09T06:03:20 1757397800

According to official statistics it is the most used app since 1 september 2025 /s

jjani · 2025-09-09T16:59:37 1757437177

Central Asia is Telegram as well.

guappa · 2025-09-11T13:42:16 1757598136

I think in italy telegram is 2nd to whatsapp