WhatsApp counting approximately two billion monthly active users at the beginning of 2022.
During the third quarter of 2022, almost 41 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 2022, by age and gender
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Statistics on Mobile messenger and communication apps
Overview
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Benchmark
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- Premium Statistic Most popular Google Play app categories 2022
- Basic Statistic Most popular Apple App Store categories 2022
- Basic Statistic Most popular global mobile messaging apps 2022
- Premium Statistic Most popular messenger apps worldwide 2022, by downloads
- Premium Statistic Most popular messenger apps worldwide 2022, by IAP revenue
- Premium Statistic Leading Android communication apps worldwide 2022, by downloads
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- Premium Statistic Leading iPhone social media apps worldwide 2022, by downloads
Usage and reach
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- Premium Statistic U.S. adult daily mobile messaging app engagement 2018-2022
- Premium Statistic Most used messenger by brand in the U.S. 2022
- Premium Statistic Reach of most popular U.S. smartphone apps 2023
- Basic Statistic Global third-party mobile app usage to make voice calls 2021
- Premium Statistic Mobile video calls usage reach worldwide 2022, by region
- Basic Statistic Mobile video call usage reach 2022, by age and gender
Mainstream messengers
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- Basic Statistic Number of monthly active WhatsApp users 2013-2020
- Premium Statistic WhatsApp: monthly usage in selected markets Q3 2021
- Basic Statistic Global WhatsApp iOS downloads Q2 2022, by region
- Basic Statistic Global WhatsApp Google Play downloads Q2 2022, by region
- Premium Statistic Annual app downloads of Facebook Messenger 2015-2021, by region
- Premium Statistic Global IAP revenue of Facebook Messenger 2017-2022
- Premium Statistic U.S. Facebook Messenger users 2022, by age group
Privacy focus
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- Premium Statistic Telegram global downloads 2022, by region
- Basic Statistic Most popular Telegram channel categories 2021
- Premium Statistic Telegram user distribution 2021, by age group
- Premium Statistic Monthly installs of Signal worldwide 2020-2021
- Premium Statistic Signal global downloads 2020-2022, by region
Regional spotlight: Messaging apps in East Asia
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- Premium Statistic Most popular mobile messenger apps based in Asia 2021
- Premium Statistic Monthly active users of leading messaging apps in China 2022
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- Premium Statistic Most used mobile messaging apps South Korea 2021
- Premium Statistic Number of monthly active users of KakaoTalk in South Korea 2015-2021
- Premium Statistic Kakaotalk number of monthly active users worldwide 2013-2021, by quarter
Video call and conferencing apps
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- Premium Statistic Zoom, Microsoft Teams, and Google Meet: cumulative app installs Q2 2021
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Spotlight: Messenger apps for work
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- Premium Statistic Global communication tools and channels used for work 2021, by frequency
- Premium Statistic Preferred business communication methods for global smartphone users 2020-2021
- Premium Statistic Attitudes of smartphone users worldwide towards mobile commercial messages 2021
- Premium Statistic Channels consumers use to contact brands in the U.S. 2022
- Premium Statistic Leading channels to contact businesses for consumers in U.S. and Australia 2021
- Premium Statistic WhatsApp Business global downloads 2018-2021
- Premium Statistic WhatsApp Business: average revenue per user 2021, by region
- Premium Statistic Global WhatsApp Business revenues 2021, by region
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- Global average number of monthly mobile app minutes per visitor 2017
- Daily mobile usage among children in Sweden 2018, by age and duration
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- Most popular mobile premium services used by children and parents in Poland 2018
- Share of active social media users in the Nordics 2021
- Daily device usage in the U.S. 2014, by age
- Mobile phone user penetration in Mexico 2015-2021
- Share of shoppers who purchased via smartphone apps in Norway 2016-2018, by age group
- Individuals who used internet on a smartphone daily in Denmark 2015, by age group
- Mobile penetration of YouTube in Italy H1 2018
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- U.S. mobile viewer frustrations when streaming mobile video 2018
- Share of smartphone owners in Finland 2016, by age group
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- Share of active social media users in the Nordics 2021
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- Individuals who used internet on a smartphone daily in Denmark 2015, by age group
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DataReportal, & We Are Social, & Meltwater. (January 26, 2023). Share of internet users worldwide using their mobile phone to make video calls in the past month as of 3rd quarter 2022, by age and gender [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved March 27, 2023, 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 2022, by age and gender." Chart. January 26, 2023. Statista. Accessed March 27, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1254856/mobile-video-calling-age-gender-distribution/
DataReportal, We Are Social, Meltwater. (2023). Share of internet users worldwide using their mobile phone to make video calls in the past month as of 3rd quarter 2022, by age and gender. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: March 27, 2023. 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 2022, by Age and Gender." Statista, Statista Inc., 26 Jan 2023, 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 2022, by age and gender Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1254856/mobile-video-calling-age-gender-distribution/ (last visited March 27, 2023)
Share of internet users worldwide using their mobile phone to make video calls in the past month as of 3rd quarter 2022, by age and gender [Graph], DataReportal, & We Are Social, & Meltwater, January 26, 2023. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1254856/mobile-video-calling-age-gender-distribution/