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1 billion people are on WhatsApp

Manny Pham
February 2, 2016

1 in 7 people on Earth are now on WhatsApp, a massive milestone for the Facebook owned messaging app.

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg was upfront with his intention of acquiring the messaging service in 2014. Zuckerberg described WhatsApp as a ‘incredibly value’ service, valuable enough to buy it for $19 billion (£11.4 billion). Zuckerberg also promise dto turn it into one of the world’s most used communication platform. Which it evidently has, surpassing even Facebook Messenger which has 800 million users.

In 2014 WhatsApp had 450 million active users before the acquisition. WhatsApp has been ad free since conception and has recently announced they will scrap payment for the app, as it charges some users for the service.

Zuckerberg stated WhatsApp’s new focus will be on making money through business partnerships.  “Next, we’re going to work to connect more people around the world and make it easier to communicate with businesses,” he wrote.  “There are only a few services that connect more than a billion people. This milestone is an important step towards connecting the entire world.”

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