What is WhatsApp!!!!!

WhatsApp was officially launched in November 2009 as a chat app service for iOS.

In August 2010, WhatsApp released an app for Android users. After that, it only took 4 years for the messenger app to hit a milestone of 200 million monthly active users.

Thanks to WhatsApp’s growing popularity, Facebook acquired WhatsApp in 2014 for $19 billion, more than 12x higher than WhatsApp’s valuation from the previous year.

Today, WhatsApp is reported to have more than 2 billion monthly active users globally. And is ranked among the most popular mobile messenger apps in the world.

Read on to see all of the key WhatsApp statistics in 2022.

Key Stats About Whatsapp

WhatsApp has 2 billion active users worldwide.
WhatsApp is ranked as the most used mobile messenger app in the world.
More than 100 billion messages are sent each day on WhatsApp.
The average WhatsApp user on Android spends 38 minutes per day on the app.
India has the most WhatsApp monthly active users (390.1 million).
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WhatsApp monthly active users

According to the latest Facebook figures, WhatsApp has more than 2 billion users.

WhatsApp has added 1 billion new users over the last 4 years (2016-2020).

During the 6 years that Whatsapp has operated as a Facebook subsidiary, the messenger’s monthly active user base has increased by 365%, from 465 million in February 2014.

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Date	Number of monthly active users
October 2010	10 million
December 2011	50 million
July 2012	75 million
October 2012	100 million
January 2013	133 million
March 2013	166 million
April 2013	200 million
June 2013	250 million
August 2013	300 million
October 2013	350 million
December 2013	400 million
January 2014	430 million
February 2014	465 million
April 2014	500 million
August 2014	600 million
January 2015	700 million
April 2015	800 million
September 2015	900 million
February 2016	1 billion
January 2017	1.2 billion
July 2017	1.3 billion
December 2017	1.5 billion
February 2020	2 billion
July 2021	2 billion