Signal User Statistics: How Many People Use Signal?

Signal was released in 2014, initially with phone calls only functionality, later that year messaging was added. Today, Signal is a popular messenger app, widely considered as one of the most secure communication apps. Signal reportedly has up to...

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Signal User Statistics: How Many People Use Signal?

Signal was released in 2014, initially with phone calls only functionality, later that year messaging was added.

Today, Signal is a popular messenger app, widely considered as one of the most secure communication apps.

Signal reportedly has up to 100 million monthly active users worldwide. Ranked by the user base, it remains relatively small compared to messengers with a massive user base like WhatsApp which has over 3 billion MAUs, but Signal shows some recent growth.

Read on to find all the important Signal usage statistics for 2025.

Signal Key Stats

Signal has 70-100 million monthly active users. Signal app downloads reached 193.8 million as of early June 2025. Signal has 50 full-time employees.

Signal Monthly Active Users

According to the latest data, Signal has 70-100 million monthly active users worldwide.

That’s up from an estimated 20 million monthly active users as of December 2020.

Sources: NZZ, TechCrunch

Signal App Downloads

According to estimates, Signal has been downloaded over 193.8 million times across Google Play and App Store worldwide since its launch.

In 2025 (as of June 10), Signal hit 14.9 million downloads worldwide across the App Store and Google Play.

Here’s a detailed breakdown of annual Signal app downloads since 2019:

Note: Incomplete data for 2025, as of June 10. Year Signal App Downloads

2019	8.3 million
2020	13.4 million
2021	65.7 million
2022	27.4 million
2023	25.8 million
2024	27.3 million
2025*	14.9 million

Source: Appfigures

Signal App Demographics

According to recent estimates, Signal’s user base among iPhone users is mostly male and younger users aged 18-24 account for 36.1% of the app’s user base.

Here’s a detailed breakdown of Signal user base age demographics among iOS users:

Note: Demographics data for Signal iOS app only. Age Signal Audience

18-24	36.1%
25-34	19.8%
35-49	21.7%
50-64	21.7%
65+	0.7%

Source: Appfigures

Signal Operating Costs

According to the company, Signal operating costs reached an estimated $50 million in 2025. That’s up from $14 million in annual costs of November 2023.