In a Facebook post on Wednesday, WhatsApp CEO Jan Koum 500 million in April. 23zq
If WhatsApp continues to grow at this rate, it will hit 1 billion s in just one year, and with new features such as WeChat.
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In November, WhatsApp's Business Head Neeraj Arora stated that WhatsApp has "level the playing field" with Over The Top (OTT) services like WhatsApp or Skype.
Soon after news about WhatsApp's backtracked on this for now.
Facebook finished its acquisition of WhatsApp in October for a 200 million monthly active s in April.
The two services - Facebook Messenger and WhatsApp - both have many similar features, but in the past, Koum has said that the two don't compete, since Messenger is meant for Facebook friends, while WhatsApp is for the wider spectrum of mobile s.
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