WHATSAPP users send roughly 100 billion messages everyday, according to owner Mark Zuckerberg.
The Facebook CEO revealed the whopping statistic as part of the company’s quarterly earnings conference call.
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This figure may seem outstanding but last year WhatsApp users did send 100 billion messages on New Years Eve.
That’s normally a very busy time for messaging though so that amount being sent on less important days is a big step.
Back in 2014, WhatsApp users were sending around 50 billion texts a day in total.
So it’s taken just six years for that to double and each year has seen more growth.
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WhatsApp now has around 2 billion monthly active users.
So if 2 billion people are sending 100 billion messages a day, that only works out as 50 texts each.
You might think you send far more and some people may send less.
Head of WhatsApp Will Cathcart tweeted: “This year we’ve all relied on messaging more than ever to keep up with our loved ones and get business done.
“We are proud that @WhatsApp is able to deliver roughly 100B messages every day and we’re excited about the road ahead.”
Zuckerberg also revealed that there’s around 1 billion daily users of the Stories features across Facebook, Messenger, Instagram, and WhatsApp.
WhatsApp – a quick history
Here’s what you need to know…
- WhatsApp was created in 2009 by computer programmers Brian Acton and Jan Koum – former employees of Yahoo
- It’s one of the most popular messaging services in the world
- Koum came up with the name WhatsApp because it sounded like “what’s up”
- After a number of tweaks the app was released with a messaging component in June 2009, with 250,000 active users
- It was originally free but switched to a paid service to avoid growing too fast. Then in 2016, it became free again for all users
- Facebook bought WhatsApp Inc in February 2014 for $19.3billion (£14.64bn)
- The app is particularly popular because all messages are encrypted during transit, shutting out snoopers
- As of 2020, WhatsApp has over 2billion users globally
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