Daily active users of Google Hangouts and Google Meet in the UK 2019-2020
In the UK, the number of daily active users (DAU) of Google Hangouts reached a peak of over 250 thousand in mid April 2020. The video communications app saw the start of a huge increase in its DAU around the same time that the coronavirus outbreak hit the UK, as more and more people took part in virtual meetings for work, as well as for socializing with family and friends. Around this time, video conferencing service Google Meet was updated, rebranded, and made available for free in an attempt to transition users from Hangouts to Meet. As of 15 May 2020, the Google Meet app had over 60 thousand daily active users in the UK.
