The number of WhatsApp users in North America was forecast to continuously increase between 2024 and 2029 by in total 7.6 million users (+4.97 percent). After the ninth consecutive increasing year, the WhatsApp user base is estimated to reach 160.51 million users and therefore a new peak in 2029. Notably, the number of WhatsApp users of was continuously increasing over the past years.User figures, shown here regarding the platform whatsapp, have been estimated by taking into account company filings or press material, secondary research, app downloads and traffic data. They refer to the average monthly active users over the period.The shown data are an excerpt of Statista's Key Market Indicators (KMI). The KMI are a collection of primary and secondary indicators on the macro-economic, demographic and technological environment in up to 150 countries and regions worldwide. All indicators are sourced from international and national statistical offices, trade associations and the trade press and they are processed to generate comparable data sets (see supplementary notes under details for more information).Find more key insights for the number of WhatsApp users in countries like Worldwide and Africa.

The messaging app WhatsApp was downloaded about ******* times in Japan in December 2024. The total number of downloads during that year amounted to more than *** million. The app is operated by WhatsApp LLC.

During the fourth quarter of 2024, mobile messaging market leader WhatsApp reported around 1.13 million downloads from users in the United Kingdom. By comparison, Telegram reported around 1.22 million app downloads during the same period, while instant messaging platform Signal reported approximately 388 thousand app downloads by UK users. Between 2020 and the end of 2023, WhatsApp has consistently amassed more app downloads than competitors Telegram and Signal, but Telegram gained ground among UK users in 2024, with almost two million downloads during the second quarter of the year, compared to the 1.11 million downloads recorded by WhatsApp during the same period.

The number of WhatsApp downloads in Romania decreased between 2023 and 2024. In the latest year under consideration, it stood at 1.8 million.

The number of WhatsApp users in Mexico was forecast to continuously increase between 2024 and 2029 by in total *** million users (+**** percent). After the ninth consecutive increasing year, the WhatsApp user base is estimated to reach ***** million users and therefore a new peak in 2029. Notably, the number of WhatsApp users of was continuously increasing over the past years.User figures, shown here regarding the platform whatsapp, have been estimated by taking into account company filings or press material, secondary research, app downloads and traffic data. They refer to the average monthly active users over the period.The shown data are an excerpt of Statista's Key Market Indicators (KMI). The KMI are a collection of primary and secondary indicators on the macro-economic, demographic and technological environment in up to *** countries and regions worldwide. All indicators are sourced from international and national statistical offices, trade associations and the trade press and they are processed to generate comparable data sets (see supplementary notes under details for more information).Find more key insights for the number of WhatsApp users in countries like United States and Canada.

During the fourth quarter of 2024, the number of quarterly downloads of WhatsApp in France was of approximately 714,000 on the Apple App Store and over 898,000 on the Google Play Store from users in France. Between 2020 and the end of 2024, downloads of mobile communication app WhatsApp in France fluctuated.

The monthly number of WhatsApp Messenger app downloads fluctuated over the observed period of time in Singapore, peaking at 59.89 thousand downloads in December 2023. The social media app was downloaded about 644 thousand times over the year.

Over the period presented, the number of downloads of the messaging app WhatsApp fluctuated in Poland. WhatsApp reached its highest download number in *********, amounting to over *** thousand downloads.

In the third quarter of 2023, WhatsApp generated 9.416 million downloads in Brazil and 6.13 in Brazil. The app reached its peak of downloads during the first quarter of 2016 and is the most used messaging solution in the region. Despite having decreased in popularity after the first quarter of 2021, when it released a controversial required privacy policy update, the app has now returned to a similar number of downloads since then, while other competitors either stagnated or decreased throughout the region.

In 2021, WhatsApp's user base in India amounts to approximately ****** million users. The number of WhatsApp users in India is projected to reach ****** million users by 2025. User figures have been estimated by taking into account company filings or press material, secondary research, app downloads and traffic data. They refer to the average monthly active users over the period.The shown data are an excerpt of Statista's Key Market Indicators (KMI). The KMI are a collection of primary and secondary indicators on the macro-economic, demographic and technological environment in up to *** countries and regions worldwide. All indicators are sourced from international and national statistical offices, trade associations and the trade press and they are processed to generate comparable data sets (see supplementary notes under details for more information).

In October 2020, WhatsApp was downloaded approximately 82,000 times through the Apple App Store and roughly 150,700 times on the Google Play Store. According to figures provided by Airnow PLC, the monthly number of downloads from the Apple App Store (including both iPhone and iPad) and Google Play Store of the WhatsApp app in the Netherlands fluctuated during the given time frame.

This statistic shows the volume of WhatsApp downloads to Android devices in Germany, based on the number of downloads from the Google Play store for each month. In *************, there were over *** thousand WhatsApp downloads to android devices in Germany.

In 2021, WhatsApp's user base in the United Kingdom amounts to approximately 40.23 million users. The number of WhatsApp users in the United Kingdom is projected to reach 38.35 million users by 2025. User figures have been estimated by taking into account company filings or press material, secondary research, app downloads and traffic data. They refer to the average monthly active users over the period.The shown data are an excerpt of Statista's Key Market Indicators (KMI). The KMI are a collection of primary and secondary indicators on the macro-economic, demographic and technological environment in up to 150 countries and regions worldwide. All indicators are sourced from international and national statistical offices, trade associations and the trade press and they are processed to generate comparable data sets (see supplementary notes under details for more information).

According to figures provided by Airnow PLC, the monthly number of downloads from the Apple App Store (including both iPhone and iPad) and Google Play Store of the WhatsApp app in Belgium fluctuated during the given time frame. In October 2020, WhatsApp was downloaded approximately 41,000 times through the Apple App Store and roughly 50,000 times on the Google Play Store.

AppMagic’s survey revealed over ** thousand downloads of WhatsApp in New Zealand in January 2021, which represented the lowest number during the survey period. The total number of downloads experienced a drastic hike with more than ** thousand in March 2020 and gradually dropped to under ** thousand downloads towards the last few months.

This statistic shows a ranking of the estimated worldwide number of Whatsapp users in 2020, differentiated by country. The user numbers have been estimated by taking into account company filings or press material, secondary research, app downloads and traffic data. They refer to the average monthly active users over the period.The shown data are an excerpt of Statista's Key Market Indicators (KMI). The KMI are a collection of primary and secondary indicators on the macro-economic, demographic and technological environment in more than *** countries and regions worldwide. All input data are sourced from international institutions, national statistical offices, and trade associations. All data has been are processed to generate comparable datasets (see supplementary notes under details for more information).

In 2021, WhatsApp's user base in Russia amounts to approximately ***** million users. The number of WhatsApp users in Russia is projected to reach ***** million users by 2025. User figures have been estimated by taking into account company filings or press material, secondary research, app downloads and traffic data. They refer to the average monthly active users over the period.The shown data are an excerpt of Statista's Key Market Indicators (KMI). The KMI are a collection of primary and secondary indicators on the macro-economic, demographic and technological environment in up to *** countries and regions worldwide. All indicators are sourced from international and national statistical offices, trade associations and the trade press and they are processed to generate comparable data sets (see supplementary notes under details for more information).

In the fourth quarter of 2024, WhatsApp Messenger generated 9.73 million downloads in Brazil, down from 12.09 million from the first quarter of the same year. The Meta-owned messenger is the most used social network by more than 90 percent of Brazilian internet users and throughout neighboring countries of Latin America.

In January 2025, Meta-owned chat and communication app WhatsApp was the most downloaded mobile messenger app worldwide, with over 57 million downloads. Mobile social and communication app Snapchat ranked second with approximately 30 million downloads, while Telegram ranked third with approximately 27.6 million download worldwide.

In 2021, WhatsApp's user base in France amounts to approximately ***** million users. The number of WhatsApp users in France is projected to reach ***** million users by 2025. User figures have been estimated by taking into account company filings or press material, secondary research, app downloads and traffic data. They refer to the average monthly active users over the period.The shown data are an excerpt of Statista's Key Market Indicators (KMI). The KMI are a collection of primary and secondary indicators on the macro-economic, demographic and technological environment in up to *** countries and regions worldwide. All indicators are sourced from international and national statistical offices, trade associations and the trade press and they are processed to generate comparable data sets (see supplementary notes under details for more information).