FACT 50 about WHATSAPP(facts that you don't know)

• As of April 2015, WhatsApp has more than 800 million active users.

• India has the largest number of active users on WhatsApp and it formulates more than 10% share of its user base.

• More than 1 million users get registered on WhatsApp daily.

• As of January 2015, 30 billion messages gets sent and received on WhatsApp daily.

• More than 700 million pictures get shared on WhatsApp daily.

• More than 200 million voice notes get shared on WhatsApp everyday.

• More than 100 million video messages shared every day.

• Average amount of time spent by users on WhatsApp at a weekly basis is 195 minutes.

• Before Facebook acquired WhatsApp for $19 billion, Google offered to pay $ 10 billion for WhatsApp.

• WhatsApp is responsible for 27% of selfies shared on social media.

• As of December 2014, the total share of WhatsApp in APAC messaging app market was 13%.

• WhatsApp recently introduced voice call feature on WhatsApp, making it the most efficient OTT app available in the market.

• In April 2015, Forbes predicted that telecom companies will lose about $386 billion between 2012-18 due to OTT apps like WhatsAPP.

• WhatsApp founder Jan Koum was denied a job at Facebook in 2008.

• Nokia series 40 was the first non smart phone to support WhatsApp.

• The oldest device which is currently capable of running WhatsApp is Nokia N95.

• WhatsApp got available for Android Smart Watches in August 2014.

• WhatsApp launched its web client in January 2015. The web client of whatsapp allows the users to use WhatsApp on their computers.

• The Desktop version of Whatsapp is available to only Android, Blackberry and Windows Phone users.

• WhatsApp is the 5th most downloaded App on Android.

• Apart from facebook, even Twitter had a chance to hire both of WhatsApp’s founders but they didn’t.

• Jan Koum keeps a note from Brian taped to his desk that reads “No Ads! No Games! No Gimmicks!” To keep them focused on building a pure messaging experience.

• WhatsApp messaging volume overtook the world SMS volume long time back.

• WhatsApp has a total of 55 employees. Out of which only 34 are engineers. That means there is a ration of 1 developer to 23 million active users

• The average user checks the app approximately 23 times per day.

• An average user ends more than 1000 messages per month on WhatsApp.

• As of early 2014, an average user shares about 40 pictures, 7 videos and 13 voice notes per month on WhatsApp. You can only imagine what the number would be now.

• As proved by facebook, WhatsApp is worth more than entire annual budget of NASA, which is 17 billion.

• As of February 2015, WhatsApp is at 6th position in the list of global brands which rank highest in consumer engagement vis a vis expectations.

Popularity of WhatsApp in Various Countries

• 84% of mobile phone internet users in Argentina use WhatsApp.

• 31% of social messaging users in Ireland use WhatsApp.

• There are more than 70 million active WhatsApp users in India.

• 36% of mobile web users in United Kingdom use WhatsApp.

• 40% of Italian divorces cite WhatsApp texts as evidence.

• 81% of iPhone users in Italy avail the services of WhatsApp.

• 57% of Indonesian Smart phone users use the services of WhatsApp.

• 17% smart phone users in Finland use WhatsApp.

• 8% of US teens (14-17 years) use WhatsApp on a daily basis.