Signal is the world’s most widely used truly private messaging app, and our cryptographic technologies provide extra layers of privacy beyond the Signal app itself. Since launching in 2013, the Signal Protocol—our end-to-end encryption technology—has become the de facto standard for private commu...

We estimate that by 2025, Signal will require approximately $50 million dollars a year to operate—and this is very lean compared to other popular messaging apps that don’t respect your privacy.

  • JelleWho
    8•6 months ago

    For the current distribution I quote from the linked source :

    Current Infrastructure Costs (as of November 2023): Approximately $14 million dollars per year.

    • Storage: $1.3 million dollars per year.
    • Servers: $2.9 million dollars per year.
    • Registration Fees: $6 million dollars per year.
    • Total Bandwidth: $2.8 million dollars per year.
    • Additional Services: $700,000 dollars per year.
    • @Vlyn@lemmy.zipEnglish
      5•6 months ago

      Yes, but I was talking about the salary part, which is separate from the costs you mentioned.

      It’s 19 million just for people.

      • JelleWho
        1•6 months ago

        Yhea no worries, I was just trying to get all the budgets together. I agree it seems quite an high budget

    • @li10@feddit.ukEnglish
      4•6 months ago

      Also from the source:

      To sustain our ongoing development efforts, about half of Signal’s overall operating budget goes towards recruiting, compensating, and retaining the people who build and care for Signal. When benefits, HR services, taxes, recruiting, and salaries are included, this translates to around $19 million dollars per year.