WhatsApp: Messenger user numbers at a glance

WhatsApp is the most popular messenger in the world and has successfully defended this position for years. If you're wondering what the service's numbers are, we have all the info for you.

Clear numbers: In WhatsApp, you are likely to find almost everyone you know.

In Germany, virtually all smartphones are equipped with WhatsApp. In large parts of the world, it looks no different.

WhatsApp: These are the current user figures

The following figures show concretely what makes WhatsApp so big:

• In total, around 1.5 billion people use WhatsApp (in 180 countries).
• Over half (58 percent) open the messenger several times a day.
• About one billion users are active daily.
• On average, WhatsApp is opened at least 23 times a day per user.
• The status feature is used by a total of 450 million people.
• In Germany, 58 million people use WhatsApp daily (with a total population of 81.5 million people).
• In the U.S., WhatsApp is relatively weak with 23 million users; however, Brazil is very strong with 120 million users.
• Three million companies use WhatsApp for business purposes.
• For Android, WhatsApp is the most downloaded app.

These numbers explain why there are 65 billion WhatsApp messages sent per day. This means 29 million per minute - with the exception of China, WhatsApp is thus by far the most important messenger in the world.