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One billion people send 55 billion messages through WhatsApp everyday

By Cookie Monster - on 28 Jul 2017, 1:00am

One billion people send 55 billion messages through WhatsApp everyday

Image source: WhatsApp

WhatsApp has reached another milestone this year - one billion people are using WhatsApp everyday

The latest milestone comes more than a year after WhatsApp shared that one billion people used its instant messaging app every month, which has now grown to 1.3 billion monthly active users. It also reveals other interesting figures such as: 

  • 55 billion messages sent per day 
  • 4.5 billion photos shared per day 
  • 1 billion videos shared per day 

WhatsApp has seen its usage statistics increased over the past year. A recent study conducted by the Reuters Institute revealed that people in some countries use WhatsApp to get their news. Earlier in January this year, a WhatsApp spokesperson informed VentureBeat that 63 billion messages were sent on New Year's Eve which included 7.9 billion images and 2.4 million videos! In June 2016, WhatsApp stated that there were more than 100 million voice calls made through its app everyday

Source: WhatsApp Blog

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