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Global number of mobile messaging users 2016-2021

Number of mobile phone messaging app users worldwide from 2016 to 2021 (in billions)

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This statistic presents the number of mobile phone messaging app users worldwide from 2016 to 2021. In 2016, 1.58 billion mobile phone users accessed over-the-top messaging apps to communicate. This figure is projected to grow to 2.48 billion users in 2021.

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Most popular global mobile messenger apps 2017

Most popular global mobile messenger apps 2017

Number of monthly active WhatsApp users as of 2013-2017

Number of monthly active WhatsApp users as of 2013-2017

Number of active WeChat messenger accounts 2010-2017

Number of active WeChat messenger accounts 2010-2017

Daily active users of Snapchat 2014-2017

Daily active users of Snapchat 2014-2017

LINE: number of monthly active users 2014-2016

LINE: number of monthly active users 2014-2016

Facebook Messenger: number of monthly active users 2014-2017

Facebook Messenger: number of monthly active users 2014-2017

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Year-on-year worldwide mobile phone messaging app user growth from 2016 to 2021Global mobile messaging user growth 2016-2021
Mobile communication preference of internet users in the United States as of August 2017U.S. mobile communication channel preference 2017
Mobile communication preference of internet users in the United States as of August 2017, by age groupU.S. mobile communication channel preference 2017, by age group
Mobile communication preference of internet users in the United States as of August 2017, by genderU.S. mobile communication channel preference 2017, by gender
Share of mobile users worldwide who use messaging apps on a monthly basis as of March 2016, by OSMobile users worldwide who use messaging apps monthly 2016, by OS
Usage growth rate for mobile messaging and social apps and total mobile apps worldwide from 2014 to 2016Annual global mobile messaging app growth 2014-2016
Average session length of selected OTT messaging apps in the United States as of November 2016, by connection type (in minutes)U.S. Messenger app session length 2016, by connection type

Leading messaging apps

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Most popular global mobile messenger apps as of January 2017, based on number of monthly active users (in millions)Most popular global mobile messenger apps 2017
Most popular mobile social networking apps in the United States as of July 2017, by user engagement (in minutes per month)Most popular social media apps in the U.S. 2017, by engagement
Preferred mobile communication app according to internet users in the United States as of August 2017Most popular mobile messenger in the U.S. 2017
Share of internet users in the United States who have used selected messenger apps to communicate with others as of August 2017Recent communication app usage in the U.S. 2017
Most popular mobile messaging apps in the United States as of July 2017, by monthly active users (in millions)Leading mobile messengers in the U.S. 2017, by users
Most popular mobile messaging apps in the United States as of July 2017, by mobile reachLeading mobile messengers in the U.S. 2017, by reach
Most popular mobile messaging apps in the United States as of July 2017, by usage sessionsLeading mobile messengers in the U.S. 2017, by monthly sessions
Most popular mobile messaging apps in the United States as of July 2017, by monthly usage (in minutes)Leading mobile messengers in the U.S. 2017, by monthly usage

Facebook Messenger

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Number of monthly active Facebook Messenger users from April 2014 to April 2017 (in millions)Facebook Messenger: number of monthly active users 2014-2017
Number of Facebook Messenger users in the United States from 2014 to 2020 (in millions)U.S. number of Facebook Messenger users 2014-2020
Facebook Messenger usage frequency among active users worldwide as of 3rd quarter 2016Active global Facebook Messenger usage frequency 2016
Most popular Facebook Messenger activities according to global users as of 3rd quarter 2015Leading Facebook Messenger actions worldwide 2015
Share of internet users in the United States who use Facebook Messenger as of August 2017, by genderFacebook Messenger usage in the U.S. 2017, by gender

WhatsApp

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Number of monthly active WhatsApp users worldwide from April 2013 to July 2017 (in millions)Number of monthly active WhatsApp users as of 2013-2017
Number of WhatsApp users in the United States from 2015 to 2021 (in millions)U.S. number of WhatsApp users 2015-2021
WhatsApp usage frequency among active users worldwide as of 3rd quarter 2016Active global WhatsApp usage frequency 2016
Selected emerging mobile markets with the highest WhatsApp penetration rate as of 4th quarter 2016WhatsApp: popularity in emerging markets 2016
Daily multimedia message volume of WhatsApp worldwide as of February 2016 (in millions)WhatsApp: daily multimedia message volume 2014-2016
Number of daily active WhatsApp Status users from 1st quarter 2017 to 2nd quarter 2017 (in millions)Daily active users of WhatsApp Status 2017
Share of internet users in the United States who use WhatsApp as of August 2017, by genderWhatsApp usage in the U.S. 2017, by gender

Snapchat

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Number of daily active Snapchat users from 1st quarter 2014 to 2nd quarter 2017 (in millions)Daily active users of Snapchat 2014-2017
Number of daily active Snapchat users from 1st quarter 2014 to 2nd quarter 2017, by region (in millions)Daily active users of Snapchat 2014-2017, by region
Number of Snapchat users in the United States from 2015 to 2021 (in millions)U.S. number of Snapchat users 2015-2021
Global revenue of Snap from 1st quarter 2015 to 2nd quarter 2017 (in million U.S. dollars)Snap worldwide quarterly revenue 2015-2017
Global annual revenue of Snap from 2015 to 2016 (in million U.S. dollars)Snap worldwide annual revenue 2015-2016
Worldwide advertising revenue of Snapchat from 2015 to 2018 (in million U.S. dollars)Snapchat: global advertising revenue 2015-2018
Number of daily mobile video views on Snapchat as of April 2016 (in billions)Daily mobile video viewing volume on Snapchat 2015-2016
Distribution of Snapchat brand posts as of February 2016, by content typeLeading Snapchat brand post types 2016

LINE and Kakaotalk

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Most popular Asia-based mobile messenger apps as of 4th quarter 2016, based on number of monthly active users (in millions)Most popular Asia-based mobile messenger apps 2016
Number of monthly active LINE users worldwide as of 4th quarter 2016 (in millions)LINE: number of monthly active users 2014-2016
Number of monthly active LINE users in Japan as of 2nd quarter 2017 (in millions)LINE: number of monthly active users in Japan 2013-2017
LINE Corporation's total annual revenue from 2012 to 2016 (in billion yen)LINE Corporation: consolidated annual revenue 2012-2016
LINE Corporation's revenue from 1st quarter 2015 to 1st quarter 2017, by segment (in million Japanese yen)LINE Corporation: quarterly revenue 2015-2017, by segment
LINE Corporation's revenue from 2015 to 2016, by segment (in billion Japanese yen)LINE Corporation: segment revenue 2015-2016
Number of monthly active Kakaotalk users from 1st quarter 2013 to 2nd quarter 2017 (in millions)Kakaotalk: number of monthly active users 2013-2017
Number of KakaoTalk users in South Korea from 2016 to 2021 (in millions)South Korea number of KakaoTalk users 2016-2021

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