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Telegram, WhatsApp’s direct competition, registers more than 700 million users so far.
A few days ago, a rumor spread that WhatsApp, Meta’s platform, was working on a new function for self-sending messages; now it’s official.
The more than 2 billion users who use WhatsApp every day are proof that the instant messaging social network is the market leader, well above Telegram, Skype, WeChat, among others that share the same functions.
A recent study conducted by DataReportal indicates that Facebook is currently the leading social networking platformfollowed by YouTube, WhatsApp, Instagram, Weixin / WeChat and TikTok, which already exceed one billion registered users.
On the other hand, We Are Social and Hootsuite have made it known that Internet users around the world now add up to the number of 5 billion, a figure that represents an increase of 4 percent compared to what was reported in 2020.
Taking these figures into account, it is clear that we are living at a time when each of the platforms available on the market, which is why it is essential for social networks to stay updated in order to reach a greater number of users.
In other words, in the era of digital marketing, the idea is renewal and innovation, especially in a context in which short video platforms continue to lead the market, such as TikTok, Instagram, YouTube Shorts, Snapchat. , and so on.
It’s official: WhatsApp will let you send messages to yourself
WhatsApp has understood this part well, since, for a few months, the platform has been constantly updating and, with this, trying to reach a greater number of users in a context in which, little by little, Telegram is going forward.
Thus, as part of this trend of growth and updating, WhatsApp has a new function ready with which it will allow users to send messages to themselves, being one of the most requested by its large community.
The information comes, as usually happens, from WABetaInfo, a site that has already shared some screenshots that make the arrival of this function official, which, to tell the truth, can be very useful.
As of today, in addition to being the most used instant messaging app, the Meta platform is, in turn, one of the most downloaded mobile apps, according to what Sensor Tower reports, well above Telegram which, however , continues to release updates with the idea of catching up with its competitor.
Just a few days ago, Pavel Durov’s social network launched its response to WhatsApp “Communities” with “Themes”, which works as a tool so that, within Telegram chats, there is greater organization in conversations, organization based on the different topics that are formed in the same chat with different members.