Ditching WhatsApp: Only 18% Indian users may continue, 36% to reduce usage drastically, says survey

Ever since Facebook-owned WhatsApp announced updating its privacy policy earlier in January, the social media is abuzz with users, both individuals and businesses, looking to ditch WhatsApp and switch to alternatives such as Signal and Telegram. In fact, in its biggest market – India, only 18 per cent users are likely to continue using WhatsApp and let it use their data while 36 per cent will reduce usage drastically and 15 per cent users are likely to stop using it completely, according to responses from 8,977 citizens in a survey by community social media platform LocalCircles. WhatsApp had informed its more than 2 billion customers globally that they would have to agree to share certain information such as contact number with Facebook to continue using its service that will come into effect on February 8.