WhatsApp users send mammoth 100BILLION texts every single day, Mark Zuckerberg reveals

WHATSAPP users send roughly 100 billion messages everyday, according to owner Mark Zuckerberg.

The Facebook CEO revealed the whopping statistic as part of the company’s quarterly earnings conference call.

This figure may seem outstanding but last year WhatsApp users did send 100 billion messages on New Years Eve.

That’s normally a very busy time for messaging though so that amount being sent on less important days is a big step.

Back in 2014, WhatsApp users were sending around 50 billion texts a day in total.

So it’s taken just six years for that to double and each year has seen more growth.

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100billion texts a day is like every monthly active user sending 50 each[/caption]

WhatsApp now has around 2 billion monthly active users.

So if 2 billion people are sending 100 billion messages a day, that only works out as 50 texts each.

You might think you send far more and some people may send less.

Head of WhatsApp Will Cathcart tweeted: “This year we’ve all relied on messaging more than ever to keep up with our loved ones and get business done.

“We are proud that @WhatsApp is able to deliver roughly 100B messages every day and we’re excited about the road ahead.”

Zuckerberg also revealed that there’s around 1 billion daily users of the Stories features across Facebook, Messenger, Instagram, and WhatsApp.

In other news, WhatsApp hidden texting “leaderboard” could disappear in the next update – so check yours quick.

Apple One, the tech giant’s big services bundle, is launching today globally.

And, the iPhone 12 has been labelled as the “the most durable smartphone ever” by researchers who conducted a drop test experiment.

Are you a big WhatsApp fan? Let us know in the comments…

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