Facebook Messenger Tops 800 Million Monthly Users, Previews 2016

Facebook vice president of messaging products David Marcus announced that Messenger now has more than 800 million monthly active users and offered a look back at 2015 and a look ahead to 2016.

Facebook vice president of messaging products David Marcus announced that Messenger now has more than 800 million monthly active users and offered a look back at 2015 and a look ahead to 2016.

Messenger reached 700 million MAUs last June, and the application topped the 500 million-MAU mark in November 2014.

In a Newsroom post, Marcus reviewed features that were added to Messenger in 2015:

  • Messenger Platform, which opened up Messenger for third-party developers to create apps that give users more ways to express their thoughts.
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