most popular mobile messenger app worldwide. The messaging service had accumulated over two billion monthly active users.
In 2021, an estimate of 3.09 billion mobile phone users accessed over-the-top messaging apps to communicate. This figure is projected to grow to 3.51 billion users in 2025. At the beginning of 2021, WhatsApp was the Number of mobile phone messaging app users worldwide from 2019 to 2025 (in billions)
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