It's not popular in Australia. We mostly still use traditional sms/text. My friends in .uk and .nl complain that I don't have whatsapp but I retort with complaints that they don't use signal.

To my surprise, through recent events, a long standing friend group chat migrated from wa to signal, sure, thats only 7 people but 5 of them installed signal for it which is quite the big step

I did the switch a long time ago, but most people I know still use WhatsApp, even if they use Signal just to talk to me. Actually, I don't think there's a single person I know who just has Signal.

Some people just recently found out that WhatsApp belongs to Facebook and were floored. But not enough to get rid of it. There's even a friend of a friend who refuses to install Signal - even in this political climate, despite being a vocal critic of the USA. Some people are just hypocrites.

Network effect's a bitch.
99% WhatsApp.

I have like 10 contacts in Signal and 3 in threema, none of which are close friends or family. Everyone still uses whatsapp. I think it would take something like a big security breach for people to switch. Just the prospect of having your personal data stolen and supporting fascist enablers doesn't seem to be enough.

You have a social circle?

Absolutely none.

Zero. Stuck on WhatsApp.

No-one has moved off WhatsApp to Signal, I'd probably encourage them to go to Matrix at this point.

I don't do Facebook, just lurk under a pseudonym so I can follow some groups that only post there.

Here in germany signal is quite common nowadays.

I never had whatsapp. I use signal since 2017/2018. back then i had 3 contacts. At some point there was a big movement away from whatsapp - i think because of their terms oft usw changed?. Sadly most oft my friends first moved to Telegramm cause it was more convenient than signal back then. But with covid and more information on Telegramm most of them shifted to signal. Some of it was my work but many oft them just changed by themself.

Even my large family group with grandmas, Cousins etc. is entirely on signal. All of my friends are. New colleagues are. But this was already before the current movement.

However, whatsapp is still the default in germany. Many of my friends and family have both, signal and whatsapp. And it depends a lot on your bubble. I was lucky with my bubble.

Most of them. Family is fully on Matrix/Signal/Threema. Close friends are all on Signal. Some acquaintances are still WA-only, but I've stopped telling people that I have WA/Telegram, so new contacts are Signal/Matrix/Threema only.

Still got 3 events recently where everything was coordinated on WhatsApp. It's really ingrained in people daily lives

It's trending backwards tbh. Last year I got most of my friends to use Signal, but they for some reason uninstalled en masse this month

I have very few people not on Signal, but most of my circle is still on Whatsapp either because of work, other friends or family that won't switch.

Whatsapp has never been popular where I live afaik.. so never knew anyone who had it

My work is on WhatsApp using several groups to manage info, my landlord set up a WA group and every tenant is required to be in it, my extended family communicates everything through WA groups, my friends and direct family were on Telegram because of me but then Durov's arrest happened and I don't think I can convince them again, I'm cooked LMAO

I'd say around 90% are on Signal.

WhatsApp, I don't think anyone. It's pretty much inevitable here in Germany. But I've had several friends delete their Facebook and old Twitter accounts during the past months. I don't really know what Apple users do. I wouldn't be surprised if they just keep using iMessage and whatever services are part of Apple's ecosystem. I mean that's kind of why people buy Apple products in the first place.

100% (of zero, but still). Japan uses LINE primarily which has its own issues, but no one is moving particularly with integrated payment processing and native-level japanese support.

The vast majority of my communication happens in signal thigh I still have whatsapp around for the small cadre of friends I am yet to convince to move over.

Unfortunately I have just one contact who is actively using signal :(. Everybody else is on Whatsapp.

I don’t use Google products or services so I have iMessage (along with many of my friends) but oodles of us use signal instead. I’ve never used Facebook messenger or WhatsApp, I won’t touch Facebook services.

After Meta was changing the rules so they could harvest WhatsApp user’s contacts I convinced my extended family to use Signal. They still use Signal because that’s the only way to include me however they all use WhatsApp as well.

None has moved completely, but two family members and one friend have installed Signal to chat with me. Contacts are ok, people know I don't have WhatsApp and use SMS in stead, but social neighborhood/hobby/association groups won't move and it often leaves me out of the loop unless they remember to toss an email.

All family. Some friends.