Yahoo Canada Web Search

Search results

  1. Jun 8, 2021 · According to results from Statista's Global Consumer Survey, FaceTime is already among the most popular messaging/video chat services in the United States.

  2. For evidence of this, look no further than these text message statistics: 1. The vast majority (97%) of Americans have a mobile phone, 85% of which are smartphones. Additionally, over half of the global population (54%) owns a smartphone.

  3. WhatsApp, while globally popular, holds a more modest position in the USA with about 98 million users, reflecting diverse user preferences and the competitive environment . Snapchat stands out particularly among younger audiences with its multimedia messaging system, having a solid user base of 106.2 million in the USA .

    • WhatsApp. With 2 billion monthly active users, WhatsApp is unrivaled as the top messaging service. In fact, that figure accounts for approximately 24.8% of the global population, meaning around 1 in 4 people use WhatsApp worldwide.
    • Facebook Messenger. Despite commanding a significant proportion of the global messaging app market, Facebook Messenger has seen downloads drop from 778.77 million in 2015 to 337.45 million in 2022 - a fall of more than 50%.
    • Snapchat. The number of daily active users on Snapchat has steadily grown over the last decade. In fact, since Q1 2014 (46 million) the number of Snapchat users has increased by more than 8x (397 million in Q2 2023).
    • Telegram. As of October 2023, there are approximately 800 million Telegram users - that figure accounts for around 9.9% of the world’s population. Only taking into account those aged 16+, that’s 13.5% of the global population.
  4. Dec 6, 2022 · As our chart illustrates, text messaging (including MMS) in the United States peaked in 2011, when U.S. cell phone users sent a total of 2.4 trillion messages, up from 162 billion five years...

  5. Mar 19, 2024 · 292 million people exchanged texts in North America in 2022, 80% of the population. [7] 6 billion+ SMS messages are sent daily in the United States, with 97% of adults owning a compatible mobile device. [8] The U.S. actually trails much of the world in using feature-rich internet-based messaging apps regularly.

  6. People also ask

  7. According to the latest data, Facebook Messenger is the most popular messaging app downloaded on the Google Play Store in the USA. This is no surprise, considering it also ranks among the most used messaging app globally, with an estimated one billion users.