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WhatsApp isn't as common as you might think, although still the largest. It's either Messenger or WhatsApp, so still Facebook. [0] My personal pet theory is th
by Gwypaas 6y ago
WhatsApp isn't as common as you might think, although still the largest. It's either Messenger or WhatsApp, so still Facebook. [0]
My personal pet theory is that it depends on when the country got free text messages. For example in Sweden everyone already had unlimited texts before smartphones were ubiquitous, therefore WhatsApp never really had a purpose and Messenger became the supplementary app.
[0]: https://www.similarweb.com/corp/blog/popular-messaging-apps-by-country/ https://www.similarweb.com/corp/blog/popular-messaging-apps-... (Not sure about the source but the countries I know are reflected correctly.)
- rswail 6y agoWhatsapp is common in Anglo and EU. India is a big messenger user. Asia is LINE/WeChat. Very few use either FB or Whatsapp.
- culturestate 6y ago> Asia is LINE/WeChat. Very few use either FB or Whatsapp. This is...not true. Line has Japan and Thailand, WeChat has China and the mainland diaspora, and the rest is mostly dominated by Messenger, WhatsApp, or a local app (e.g. Zalo in Vietnam or KakaoTalk in South Korea). Source: me, a person who has lived in Asia for a long time, and the bulging folder of messaging apps on my phone.