According to a market analysis released in 2023, mobile messenger app users are projected to reach approximately seven billion global users by the end of 2030. This would represent an increase of around 92 percent compared to the 3.6 billion users who were estimated to engage with communication and smartphone messenger apps in 2022.
Number of mobile phone messaging app users worldwide from 2022 to 2030
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