Is Telegram a Chinese app? Know about its origin country and other details

Telegram app is w amongst most loved social media apps by users worldwide. success of social media messenger app can be attributed to strong privacy policy that it has which helps users to connect with people without fear of any third-party intervention.

Telegram app has become an essential medium to connect with friends and share files such as photos, videos, documents, and more. It has grown to be a go-to app for many people as it enables users to chat without any SMS limits using internet.

Apart from that, users can also make voice and video calls easily without any problems. However, recently, app has been facing a lot of backlash as many people have started thinking that it has originated from China. re are also several rumours that are calling Telegram's origin country India. If you are wonder about Telegram origin country and are asking, 'is Telegram a Chinese app', here is all you need.

Also Read | Is 'COD' Mobile a Chinese app? 'Call of Duty' mobile origin country revealed

Is Telegram a Chinese app?

Telegram is developed by a Germany-based tech company called Durov Software Industry. company is founded by two brors Nikolai Durov and Pavel Durov where Pavel Durov is CEO of organisation. However, it was first started in Russia and it was later moved to Berlin in Germany.

company came into existence in year 2013 and seven-year-old company currently has 300 million active users and 400 million monthly users of its app around globe. 

Also Read | Is Xender a Chinese app? What are alternatives of Xender? Kw details

(Photo; Pavel Durov Twitter)

Durov brors are also behind in creation of VK social media site which is amongst top social media hubs in Russia. However, Telegram is t connected to VK app in any manner. Currently, CEO of VK social portal is Andrey Rogozov.  

Also Read | Is Zoom Chinese? CEO Eric Yuan Calls Zoom American Amid Allegations Of Having Chinese Link

Due to end-to-end encryption policy of Telegram which does t allow any third party to peep into someone's chats, app has been banned in several countries such as Iran, where Telegram is most famous. Ironically, app is also banned in China due to some DDoS attack that happened in 2015. Telegram origin country is t China or India but it is Germany.

Also Read | Top 25 Chinese apps list in India