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WhatsApp Now Enjoys 1 Billion Daily Active s, Status Crosses 250 Million

WhatsApp Now Enjoys 1 Billion Daily Active s, Status Crosses 250 Million 216y6e

By Tasneem Akolawala | Updated: 27 July 2017 11:43 IST

Highlights

Facebook now has 2 billion s in total
WhatsApp has 1.3 billion monthly active s
WhatsApp Status and Instagram Stories have more than 250 million s

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In a blog post, the Facebook-owned company announced this milestone, also stating that the monthly active base has increased to 1.3 billion. Furthermore, almost 55 billion messages are shared every day in 60 ed languages. Videos shared per day are now at 1 billion, and photos shared per day are at 4.5 billion.

To recall, WhatsApp had 450 million monthly s in 2014 when it was acquired by Facebook. At that time, daily monthly s were at 350 million. In just two years, the company managed to increase its total monthly s to 1 billion in February 2014. Facebook acquired WhatsApp for $19 billion in 2014.

enjoys 166 million daily active s on its entire app, including Stories, direct messages, and other features. Instagram Stories, another Snapchat Stories clone, has also managed to rake in 250 million s every day.

CEO Mark Zuckerberg Facebook enjoys over 2 billion s in total, with 1.3 billion people using it every day. In the quarterly results, Zuckerberg also announced that 100 million people ed groups, and 2 billion messages were sent between people and businesses every month.

“As we celebrate this milestone, we’re committed more than ever to bringing you more useful features to enjoy, while delivering the reliability, simplicity, and security you expect with WhatsApp,” WhatsApp CEO Jan Koum said in the blog.

While Facebook stats are noteworthy, what’s really striking is the growth of WhatsApp Status in such a short time. To overcome Snapchat in such a short time is no small feat, and it shows a lapse in judgement from the Snapchat team to underestimate the huge potential that was lying outside of the world of US. Apart from WhatsApp Status, the chat service is now looking to bring business integration for monetisation. The company has been reported to make a separate app for business s as well.

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