mobile messaging app announced more than 300 million registered users, up from over 240 million in August of the previous year. Mobile data from February 2017 shows that Kik users in the United States are a highly engaged audience with an average of 186 monthly usage sessions. The service was estimated to have close to 8 million monthly active users in the United States.
This statistic shows a timeline with the amount of monthly active Kik messenger users worldwide as of May 2016. As of that month, the Number of registered Kik Messenger users worldwide from November 2012 to May 2016 (in millions)
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Number of registered Kik Messenger users worldwide from November 2012 to May 2016 (in millions) [Graph], VentureBeat, & Fortune, & TechCrunch, May 11, 2016. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/327312/number-of-registered-kik-messenger-users/