http://www.newsweek.com/telegram-added-70m-users-during-facebook-whatsapp-instagram-outage-1635902

The instant messaging app Telegram added a record-breaking 70 million new users on Monday while Facebook, WhatsApp, and Instagram went offline for several hours, according to the company's CEO.

In a post on the app Tuesday, founder and chief executive of Telegram Pavel Durov called the influx of new users "refugees from other platforms."