Popular instant messaging app WhatsApp is handling and delivering around 100 billion messages daily.
This news comes by way of Facebook chief executive Mark Zuckerberg, who confirmed as such during the company’s recent quarterly earnings call.
This is exponential growth, at least in terms of WhatsApp’s use over the past six years. In just 2014, the messaging app was being used for about 50 billion texts daily, according to former chief executive Jan Koum.
“We are proud that WhatsApp is able to deliver roughly 100B messages every day and we’re excited about the road ahead,” tweeted Will Cathcart, head of WhatsApp. “This year we’ve all relied on messaging more than ever to keep up with our loved ones and get business done.
WhatsApp and Facebook Messenger continue to be some of the most popular chat apps available. In just 2019 alone, users sent around 100 billion messages on WhatsApp on News Year’s Eve 2019. While the service also does suffer from some glitches on that day, it didn’t have problems in 2019. It remains to be seen whether 2020 will pose the same sort of potential problem.
It’s likely that WhatsApp is likely going to continue this massive growth for the foreseeable future.
