WhatsApp success story — Monthly 1 billion active users to daily 1 billion active users

Matt
Matt
Jul 27, 2017 · 2 min read

In 2014 when Facebook acquired WhatsApp, its user base was 450 million a month

WhatsApp has announced on a blog post that the messaging platform now enjoys 1 billion active users on its service daily

WhatsApp, the widely popular messaging app across the world, has achieved another super duper milestone. The Facebook owned company has announced that it now has 1 billion daily active users on its service.

Compared to last year’s numbers where WhatsApp raked in 1 billion active users every month, this is an incredible growth.

In a blog post, the company announced the numbers along with stating that the monthly active user base has now increased to 1.3 billion and almost 55 billion messages are shared every day in 60 supported languages. Per day WhatsApp users share around 1 billion videos and 4.5 billion photos. That’s huge, right?

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Credit: blog.whatsapp.com

To recall, in 2014 the messaging platform had around 450 million monthly users when it was acquired by the social media giant Facebook. Within just two years from the acquisition, it managed to increase its user base more than double. Facebook had shelled out $19 billion to buy out WhatsApp.

Mark Zuckerberg has stated that WhatsApp in totals enjoys a user base of over 2 billion across the globe. “As we celebrate this milestone, we’re committed more than ever to bringing you more useful features to enjoy, while delivering the reliability, simplicity, and security you expect with WhatsApp,” WhatsApp CEO Jan Koum said on the blog.

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