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Fastest growing social and messaging apps 2015
Fastest growing social and messaging apps 2015
Fastest growing social and messaging apps worldwide as of 1st quarter 2015
This statistic presents the fastest growing social and messaging apps as of the first quarter of 2015. During the survey, it was found that Snapchat's user base had grown 45 percent. That year, Pinterests mobile app usership also increased by 40 percent.
Fastest growing social and messaging apps worldwide as of 1st quarter 2015
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| Annual user growth | |
|---|---|
| LINE | 57% |
| Facebook Messenger | 53% |
| Snapchat | 45% |
| 43% | |
| 40% | |
| 37% | |
| 37% | |
| YouTube | 35% |
| GooglePlus | 31% |
| Viber | 29% |
| 28% | |
| Skype | 27% |
| 23% | |
| Vine | 22% |
| Kakaotalk | 19% |
| Annual user growth | |
|---|---|
| LINE | 57% |
| Facebook Messenger | 53% |
| Snapchat | 45% |
| 43% | |
| 40% | |
| 37% | |
| 37% | |
| YouTube | 35% |
| GooglePlus | 31% |
| Viber | 29% |
| 28% | |
| Skype | 27% |
| 23% | |
| Vine | 22% |
| Kakaotalk | 19% |
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This statistic presents the fastest growing social and messaging apps as of the first quarter of 2015. During the survey, it was found that Snapchat's user base had grown 45 percent. That year, Pinterests mobile app usership also increased by 40 percent.
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- May 2015
- Region
- Worldwide
- Survey time period
- 1st to 2nd quarter 2014 vs 4th quarter 2014 to 1st quarter 2015
- Age group
- 16 to 64 years
- Supplementary notes
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Excluding China.
Original question: which of the following mobile / tablet applications have you used in the past month?
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- Worldwide
- Survey time period
- 1st to 2nd quarter 2014 vs 4th quarter 2014 to 1st quarter 2015
- Age group
- 16 to 64 years
- Supplementary notes
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Excluding China.
Original question: which of the following mobile / tablet applications have you used in the past month?
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