WhatsApp counting approximately two billion monthly active users at the beginning of 2024.
During the third quarter of 2023, over 40 percent of female internet users aged between 16 and 24 years were using their mobile devices or smartphones to make video calls. Only 34 percent of men in the same age group were doing the same. Mobile video communication apps have become increasingly popular in recent years, with Share of internet users worldwide using their mobile phone to make video calls in the past month as of 3rd quarter 2023, by age and gender
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DataReportal, & We Are Social, & Meltwater. (January 31, 2024). Share of internet users worldwide using their mobile phone to make video calls in the past month as of 3rd quarter 2023, by age and gender [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved May 19, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1254856/mobile-video-calling-age-gender-distribution/
DataReportal, und We Are Social, und Meltwater. "Share of internet users worldwide using their mobile phone to make video calls in the past month as of 3rd quarter 2023, by age and gender." Chart. January 31, 2024. Statista. Accessed May 19, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1254856/mobile-video-calling-age-gender-distribution/
DataReportal, We Are Social, Meltwater. (2024). Share of internet users worldwide using their mobile phone to make video calls in the past month as of 3rd quarter 2023, by age and gender. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: May 19, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1254856/mobile-video-calling-age-gender-distribution/
DataReportal, and We Are Social, and Meltwater. "Share of Internet Users Worldwide Using Their Mobile Phone to Make Video Calls in The past Month as of 3rd Quarter 2023, by Age and Gender." Statista, Statista Inc., 31 Jan 2024, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1254856/mobile-video-calling-age-gender-distribution/
DataReportal & We Are Social & Meltwater, Share of internet users worldwide using their mobile phone to make video calls in the past month as of 3rd quarter 2023, by age and gender Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1254856/mobile-video-calling-age-gender-distribution/ (last visited May 19, 2024)
Share of internet users worldwide using their mobile phone to make video calls in the past month as of 3rd quarter 2023, by age and gender [Graph], DataReportal, & We Are Social, & Meltwater, January 31, 2024. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1254856/mobile-video-calling-age-gender-distribution/