India’s homegrown messaging platform Arattai has achieved a significant milestone, climbing to the top of the Social Networking category on the App Store amid a dramatic surge in users and rising calls for indigenous digital solutions.

The platform, developed by Zoho Corporation, announced the feat on its official X account, thanking users for their support and celebrating its rise to the No. 1 spot. The announcement came during an extraordinary period of growth, with daily sign-ups soaring from 3,000 to 350,000 in just three days — a staggering 100-fold increase.

Arattai, which means “chat" in Tamil, was launched in January 2021 in response to concerns over changes to WhatsApp’s privacy policy. The app offers a secure, Indian-made alternative for messaging and communication, in line w

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