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WhatsApp has a traffic of 2 billion people monthly: Statista.
In 2014, Facebook acquired the mobile app for $19 billion.
The instant messaging platform is among the apps Mexico favorites.
WhatsApp is an instant messaging application that has become one of the favorites worldwide. Due to the importance it has acquired, its creators constantly update the platform to improve it and continue to guarantee the safety of users.
According to Statista, in January 2023, two billion users accessed the platform’s chat monthly. Usage of the app is particularly strong in markets outside of the United States and it is one of the most popular mobile social apps worldwide. In February 2014, Facebook acquired the mobile app for $19 billion.
social networks like Facebook, Twitter, instagram and TikTok they are extremely important to the billions of users who use them every day.
Currently, the number of people who have at least one social network already exceeds 4 and a half billion, a significant increase compared to 2022, according to Statista. It should be noted that, of those four and a half billion, more than two billion are registered in WhatsApp, Meta’s social network that has become the leading platform in the market, in terms of instant messaging, well above its competitor Telegram.
In this sense, it can be verified that the social networks owned by Meta are very popular. In fact, in Mexico, both Facebook, WhatsApp, Messenger and Instagram are the four most used social networks by Mexicans, according to data from DataReportal.
WhatsApp creates the “exclusive mode”
The applications, especially those of social networks, are constantly updated to stay among the taste of the users and also adapt to the needs of daily life.
The messaging app integrated the “exclusive mode”a function that gave a twist to the whatsapp statuswell, I know allows you to choose who to share them with and who notthis tool is also found on Instagram.
The exclusive mode works, in Mexico, for both iOS and Android and in this way you can configure it:
- Open the app
- Enter the “States” section
- Click on the three points, located in the upper right part.
- Choose the option “Privacy of states”
- Select “Only share with…”.
- Choose the contacts you want to see your WhatsApp states
- Select the green button below
- share status
Another function that you should know is that WhatsApp already allows users to create broadcast channels, similar to those of Telegram or Messenger, and that it is highly oriented towards being able to receive information from different media so that we are updated at all times.
The platform explains that in terms of channels, anyone will be able to create them with complete freedom to select whether they are public or private.