This statistic presents the penetration rate of mobile phone messaging app users in Latin America from 2014 to 2019. In 2015, 68.1 percent of mobile phone internet users in Latin America accessed over-the-top messaging apps to communicate. This share is projected to grow to 77.4 percent in 2019.
Mobile phone messaging app user penetration in Latin America from 2014 to 2019
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Statistics on Messaging apps in Latin America
Overview
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- Basic Statistic Brazil: social network penetration 2018-2027
- Basic Statistic Chile: social network penetration 2018-2027
- Basic Statistic Colombia: social network penetration 2018-2027
- Basic Statistic Mexico: social network penetration 2018-2027
- Basic Statistic Peru: social network penetration 2018-2027
Messaging reach
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- Premium Statistic Most used social media platforms by type in Chile 2022
- Premium Statistic Most used social media platforms by type in Colombia 2022
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- Premium Statistic Most used social media platforms by type in Peru 2022
Usage
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Audiences
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- Premium Statistic Brazil: leading messenger app users 2022, by urbanity
- Premium Statistic Mexico: leading messenger app users 2023, by age group
- Premium Statistic Mexico: leading messenger app users 2023, by gender
- Premium Statistic Mexico: leading messenger app users 2022, by urbanity
WhatsApp
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- Premium Statistic WhatsApp preference among internet users in selected Latin American countries Q3 2022
- Premium Statistic WhatsApp reach in selected Latin American countries 2022
- Basic Statistic WhatsApp downloads in Latin American countries Q4 2022
- Premium Statistic WhatsApp users in Argentina 2019-2028
- Premium Statistic WhatsApp users in Brazil 2019-2028
- Premium Statistic WhatsApp users in Chile 2019-2028
- Premium Statistic WhatsApp users in Colombia 2019-2028
- Premium Statistic WhatsApp users in Mexico 2019-2028
Facebook Messenger
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- Premium Statistic FB Messenger preference among internet users in Latin American countries Q3 2022
- Premium Statistic Facebook Messenger reach in selected Latin American countries 2022
- Basic Statistic Facebook Messenger downloads in Latin American countries Q4 2022
- Premium Statistic Latin America and the Caribbean: Messenger users 2022, by country
- Basic Statistic Argentina: number of Messenger users 2020-2022
- Premium Statistic Brazil: number of Messenger users 2020-2022
- Basic Statistic Chile: number of Messenger users 2020-2022
- Premium Statistic Colombia: number of Messenger users 2020-2022
Telegram
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- Premium Statistic Telegram preference among internet users in Latin American countries Q3 2022
- Premium Statistic Telegram reach in Latin America 2022, by country
- Premium Statistic Telegram app downloads in selected American countries 2022
- Premium Statistic Telegram global downloads 2022, by region
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- Premium Statistic Telegram MAU 2022, by selected country
- Premium Statistic Telegram reach worldwide 2022, by territory
Other messengers
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- Basic Statistic Discord preference among internet users in Latin American countries Q3 2022
- Basic Statistic Discord downloads in Latin American countries Q4 2022
- Premium Statistic Discord reach in selected Latin American countries 2022
- Premium Statistic Snapchat reach in selected Latin American countries 2022
- Basic Statistic Snapchat downloads in Latin American countries Q4 2022
- Basic Statistic Signal downloads in Latin American countries Q4 2022
- Basic Statistic Zoom mobile app downloads in Latin American countries Q4 2022
- Basic Statistic Microsoft Teams mobile app downloads in Latin American countries Q4 2022
Spotlight: messaging commerce in Brazil
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- Premium Statistic Brazil: reasons for contacting companies via Telegram 2022
Further related statistics
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- Canada number of mobile messaging users 2014-2019
- Indonesia: number of mobile messaging users 2015-2020
- Latin America: number of mobile messaging users 2014-2019, by country
- South Korea: number of mobile messaging users 2014-2019
- Middle East and Africa mobile messaging user penetration 2014-2019
- Latin America: number of mobile messaging users 2014-2019
- Japan: number of mobile messaging users 2014-2019
- North America mobile messaging user penetration 2014-2019
- Australia mobile messaging user penetration 2014-2019
- Asia Pacific mobile messaging user penetration 2014-2019
- Australia: number of mobile messaging users 2014-2019
- India: number of mobile messaging users 2015-2020
- Global mobile messaging user penetration 2014-2019
- Japan mobile messaging user penetration 2014-2019
- Asia Pacific: number of mobile messaging users 2014-2019
- South Korea mobile messaging user penetration 2014-2019
- Canada mobile messaging user penetration 2014-2019
- Indonesia mobile messaging user penetration 2015-2020
- Canada mobile messaging user growth 2014-2019
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- Latin America: number of mobile messaging users 2014-2019
- Japan: number of mobile messaging users 2014-2019
- North America mobile messaging user penetration 2014-2019
- Australia mobile messaging user penetration 2014-2019
- Asia Pacific mobile messaging user penetration 2014-2019
- Australia: number of mobile messaging users 2014-2019
- India: number of mobile messaging users 2015-2020
- Global mobile messaging user penetration 2014-2019
- Japan mobile messaging user penetration 2014-2019
- Asia Pacific: number of mobile messaging users 2014-2019
- South Korea mobile messaging user penetration 2014-2019
- Canada mobile messaging user penetration 2014-2019
- Indonesia mobile messaging user penetration 2015-2020
- Canada mobile messaging user growth 2014-2019
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eMarketer. (November 11, 2015). Mobile phone messaging app user penetration in Latin America from 2014 to 2019 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved April 01, 2023, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/483435/mobile-messaging-user-reach-latam/
eMarketer. "Mobile phone messaging app user penetration in Latin America from 2014 to 2019." Chart. November 11, 2015. Statista. Accessed April 01, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/483435/mobile-messaging-user-reach-latam/
eMarketer. (2015). Mobile phone messaging app user penetration in Latin America from 2014 to 2019. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: April 01, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/483435/mobile-messaging-user-reach-latam/
eMarketer. "Mobile Phone Messaging App User Penetration in Latin America from 2014 to 2019." Statista, Statista Inc., 11 Nov 2015, https://www.statista.com/statistics/483435/mobile-messaging-user-reach-latam/
eMarketer, Mobile phone messaging app user penetration in Latin America from 2014 to 2019 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/483435/mobile-messaging-user-reach-latam/ (last visited April 01, 2023)
Mobile phone messaging app user penetration in Latin America from 2014 to 2019 [Graph], eMarketer, November 11, 2015. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/483435/mobile-messaging-user-reach-latam/