During a 2021 survey fielded in Brazil, nearly three quarters (74 percent) of responding internet users who had WhatsApp installed on their smartphones said they participated in a family group chat on that app. Meanwhile, 57 percent of respondents stated that they were members of a work-related group chat.
Penetration of WhatsApp groups among smartphone owners who had installed the app in Brazil as of January 2021, by type
1,992 internet users that had WhatsApp installed on their smartphones
Age group
16 years and older
Method of interview
Online survey
Supplementary notes
This question was phrased by the source as follows: "Are you part of any WhatsApp group in your family? Are you part o any WhatsApp group at work? Are you part of a WhatsApp group whose main focus is politics? Do you pay or have you already paid to join a WhatsApp group?". The wording of the question may slightly differ from the original.
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Mobile Time, & Opinion Box. (February 26, 2021). Penetration of WhatsApp groups among smartphone owners who had installed the app in Brazil as of January 2021, by type [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved June 25, 2022, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1226518/brazil-group-chat-penetration-type/
Mobile Time, und Opinion Box. "Penetration of WhatsApp groups among smartphone owners who had installed the app in Brazil as of January 2021, by type." Chart. February 26, 2021. Statista. Accessed June 25, 2022. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1226518/brazil-group-chat-penetration-type/
Mobile Time, Opinion Box. (2021). Penetration of WhatsApp groups among smartphone owners who had installed the app in Brazil as of January 2021, by type. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: June 25, 2022. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1226518/brazil-group-chat-penetration-type/
Mobile Time, and Opinion Box. "Penetration of Whatsapp Groups among Smartphone Owners Who Had Installed The App in Brazil as of January 2021, by Type." Statista, Statista Inc., 26 Feb 2021, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1226518/brazil-group-chat-penetration-type/
Mobile Time & Opinion Box, Penetration of WhatsApp groups among smartphone owners who had installed the app in Brazil as of January 2021, by type Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1226518/brazil-group-chat-penetration-type/ (last visited June 25, 2022)
