This statistic shows the number of monthly active users of selected mobile messaging apps in 2015 and a forecast for 2020. According to the source, the mobile messaging app WhatsApp is projected to have 1.6 billion monthly active users in 2020.
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This statistic shows the number of monthly active users of selected mobile messaging apps in 2015 and a forecast for 2020. According to the source, the mobile messaging app WhatsApp is projected to have 1.6 billion monthly active users in 2020.
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- November 2015
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