WhatsApp leading messaging apps globally: Report
WhatsApp currently has over one billion monthly active users. In India, over 70 million people use the messaging service.
WhatsApp is the world’s most popular messaging app and is used in as many as 109 countries or 55.6% of the world, a report said on Wednesday.
These countries include India, Brazil, Mexico, Russia and those in South America, Europe, Africa, Asia and Oceania.
WhatsApp currently has over one billion monthly active users. In India, over 70 million people use the messaging service.
Of the 187 countries that SimilarWeb -- a Britain-based information technology company -- examined, WhatsApp was the world leader claiming 109 countries.
“Facebook’s Messenger app came in second overall, claiming 49 countries including Australia, Canada and the US. After Messenger, Viber was the only other messaging app to claim 10 or more countries,” the report said.
Viber has strong popularity in Eastern Europe and is the top app in Belarus, Moldova, Ukraine, among others, and as of April 2016, Viber was installed on 65% of all Android devices in Ukraine.
Line, WeChat and Telegram are three other messaging apps claiming multiple countries with China, Iran and Japan representing countries using one of these apps.
The report also said that BlackBerry’s BBM is still used by the masses in at least one country in the world: Indonesia.
“As of April 2016, the app was installed on 87.5%of all Android devices in the country, far surpassing any other country in terms of BBM use,” the report noted.
In the US, only 0.42% of Androids had the BBM app, with Australia and Britain showing slightly higher use.
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