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.
Number of monthly active users of selected mobile messaging apps in 2015 and 2020
(in million users)
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eMarketer. (November 19, 2015). Number of monthly active users of selected mobile messaging apps in 2015 and 2020 (in million users) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved June 06, 2020, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/487943/mobile-messaging-apps-monthly-active-users/
eMarketer. "Number of monthly active users of selected mobile messaging apps in 2015 and 2020 (in million users)." Chart. November 19, 2015. Statista. Accessed June 06, 2020. https://www.statista.com/statistics/487943/mobile-messaging-apps-monthly-active-users/
eMarketer. (2015). Number of monthly active users of selected mobile messaging apps in 2015 and 2020 (in million users). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: June 06, 2020. https://www.statista.com/statistics/487943/mobile-messaging-apps-monthly-active-users/
eMarketer. "Number of Monthly Active Users of Selected Mobile Messaging Apps in 2015 and 2020 (in Million Users)." Statista, Statista Inc., 19 Nov 2015, https://www.statista.com/statistics/487943/mobile-messaging-apps-monthly-active-users/
eMarketer, Number of monthly active users of selected mobile messaging apps in 2015 and 2020 (in million users) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/487943/mobile-messaging-apps-monthly-active-users/ (last visited June 06, 2020)
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