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Daily mobile message volume of WhatsApp messenger 2016-2017
Number of mobile messages sent through WhatsApp as of 4th quarter 2017 (in billions)
by J. Clement,
last edited
Aug 9, 2018
This statistic gives information on the daily number of mobile messages sent by WhatsApp users. As of the fourth quarter of 2017, users of the mobile messaging app were sending 60 billion messages each day.
Number of mobile messages sent through WhatsApp as of 4th quarter 2017 (in billions)
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| Amount of daily sent messages in billions | |
|---|---|
| Q4 '17 | 60 |
| Q2 '17 | 50 |
| Q4 '16 | 50 |
| Amount of daily sent messages in billions | |
|---|---|
| Q4 '17 | 60 |
| Q2 '17 | 50 |
| Q4 '16 | 50 |
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by J. Clement,
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Aug 9, 2018
This statistic gives information on the daily number of mobile messages sent by WhatsApp users. As of the fourth quarter of 2017, users of the mobile messaging app were sending 60 billion messages each day.
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- WhatsApp; Facebook
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- January 2018
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- Worldwide
- Survey time period
- Q4 2016 to Q4 2017
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- No data available for missing quarters.
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- WhatsApp; Facebook
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- January 2018
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- Region
- Worldwide
- Survey time period
- Q4 2016 to Q4 2017
- Supplementary notes
- No data available for missing quarters.
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