WhatsApp Tops 900 Million Monthly Active Users

The Facebook-owned cross-platform messaging application reached 800 million MAUs in April, 700 million MAUs and 30 billion messages per day in January and 500 million MAUs in April 2014.

WhatsApp reached a milestone this week, topping 900 million monthly active users.

The Facebook-owned cross-platform messaging application reached 800 million MAUs in April, 700 million MAUs and 30 billion messages per day in January and 500 million MAUs in April 2014.

WhatsApp co-founder and Facebook board member Jan Koum broke the news in a Facebook post, simply stating:

WhatsApp now has 900 million monthly active users.

Facebook co-founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg then chimed in:

Congrats to Jan, the WhatsApp team and whole community on reaching 900 million people!

And chief operating officer Sheryl Sandberg shared a humorous photo of her and Koum, along with her congratulations:

900 million people now use WhatsApp every month to stay in touch with family and friends around the world.

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