According to an April 2021 survey, 23 percent of consumers worldwide use third-party mobile apps to make voice calls very often, compared to 16 percent of responders who declared to never use this function of their communication apps. Indonesia, the United Arab Emirates, and India appear to be the biggest markets in which third-party apps are used to make voice calls, with roughly five in ten respondents based in Indonesia using this function very often. By comparison, respondents based in the United States, Denmark, and Sweden appear to be the least interested in using apps to make phone calls.
Share of consumers worldwide who use third-party mobile applications to make voice calls as of April 2021
Values may not add up to 100 percent due to rounding.
Original question: How often, if at all, do you use mobile app(s) to make voice calls on your mobile device? (WhatsApp, Google Hangouts, etc.)
According to the source: "The data is based on the interviews of adults aged 18 and over in 17 markets with sample sizes varying between 415 and 1,389 for each market. All interviews were conducted online in April 2021. Data from each market uses a nationally representative sample apart from Mexico and India, which use urban representative samples, and Indonesia and Hong Kong, which use online representative samples."
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YouGov. (May 25, 2021). Share of consumers worldwide who use third-party mobile applications to make voice calls as of April 2021 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved September 19, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1242735/consumers-worldwide-using-apps-to-make-voice-calls/
YouGov. "Share of consumers worldwide who use third-party mobile applications to make voice calls as of April 2021." Chart. May 25, 2021. Statista. Accessed September 19, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1242735/consumers-worldwide-using-apps-to-make-voice-calls/
YouGov. (2021). Share of consumers worldwide who use third-party mobile applications to make voice calls as of April 2021. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: September 19, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1242735/consumers-worldwide-using-apps-to-make-voice-calls/
YouGov. "Share of Consumers Worldwide Who Use Third-party Mobile Applications to Make Voice Calls as of April 2021." Statista, Statista Inc., 25 May 2021, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1242735/consumers-worldwide-using-apps-to-make-voice-calls/
YouGov, Share of consumers worldwide who use third-party mobile applications to make voice calls as of April 2021 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1242735/consumers-worldwide-using-apps-to-make-voice-calls/ (last visited September 19, 2024)
Share of consumers worldwide who use third-party mobile applications to make voice calls as of April 2021 [Graph], YouGov, May 25, 2021. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1242735/consumers-worldwide-using-apps-to-make-voice-calls/
