Telegram enjoys the largest active user base in India, with 104 million people using it actively, as per Statista. Russia follows with 34.4 million active users, Indonesia with 27.2 million, the USA with 26.9 million, and Brazil and Egypt with 21.9 and 14.9 million active users, respectively. The ban punishes "150 million+...Telegram users in India," Telegram founder-CEO Pavel Durov claimed.