WhatsApp hits 1bn daily users; Stories feature used by 250mn everyday

Facebook recently announced that it has a daily user count of 2 billion members. Now, WhatsApp has revealed that it has hit a daily user base of 1 billion members. Whatsapp Status, its version of Snapchat Stories now has 250 million daily active users.

All that engagement with Stories, voice and audio calls, and its core of text messaging has driven WhatsApp to 1 billion total daily users and 1.3 billion monthly users. That means a remarkably high 76% of WhatsApp’s monthly users come back daily. WhatsApp users now send over 55 billion messages per day, including 4.5 billion photos and 1 billion videos.

And one obvious reason behind such a massive amount of communication through WhatsApp is because it now supports 60 languages.

Back in February 2016, WhatsApp had 1 billion total monthly users, and in February 2014, when the company was acquired by Facebook, it had 450 million monthly users and 350 million daily users.

WhatsApp CEO Jan Koum followed up with his own blog post of stats, concluding that “As we celebrate this milestone, we’re committed more than ever to bringing you more useful features to enjoy while delivering the reliability, simplicity, and security you expect with WhatsApp.”