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100/s = 8.6M per day. That seems unrealistically high, even for the most viral of apps. WhatsApp is currently at 1M per day. Either Telegram means requests of some sort or they're getting DDoS'd.

Edit: looks like it might be a spike because WhatsApp is currently down: https://twitter.com/wa_status/status/437319926605680640

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They specifically stated "registrations".

A third possibility is that they are being wilfully misleading.

I doubt it is 24 hours a day, and it is obviously related to WhatsApp acquisition...

is not related to the acquisition, is related to the fact that WhatsApp isn't working right now.

Definitely to both. Telegram has been going viral for several days.

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