
In May 2020, as police brutality protests swept US cities, daily Signal downloads nearly tripled from their average, according to analytics company Apptopia.

Signal’s popularity often spikes in times of strife or when alternatives seem more precarious. And thanks in part to a $50 million infusion in 2018 from Brian Acton, the former WhatsApp CEO and current interim Signal Foundation CEO, the once niche app is more accessible than ever. Wade, Signal represents most people’s best way to communicate safely. Whether it’s to protect sensitive conversations amid social unrest or to keep your communications private after the fall of Roe v.

In times of uncertainty, people rightly often turn to the encrypted messaging app Signal.
