Last updated on August 18th, 2017
Instant messaging is a set of communication technologies used for text-based communication between two or more participants over the Internet or other types of networks.
In this article we are gonna tell you about the Top 3 Messenger Apps and also will give you detailed statistics on it’s use in the world.
For you may be or may not be using these three which we are about to discuss but surely most of you must be using messenger .
Here we go !
Top 3 Messenger Apps countdown starts !
1. [ WhatsApp ]
WhatsApp Messenger is a proprietary , cross-platform (available for platforms) instant messaging service for smartphones and selected phones that uses the internet for communication. In addition to text messaging, users can send each other images, video, and audio media messages as well as their location using integrated mapping features.
WhatsApp claims that 400 million active users use the service each month. And till date it has the highest number of active subscribers.
Now it’s time to see some statistics of the Top Dog in messaging service :
Let’s look at some screenshots of this app in various platforms :
Now let’s move on to the next Top shot in messenger apps :-
2. [ Facebook Messenger ]
Instantly reach the people in your life—for free. Messenger is just like texting, but you don’t have to pay for every message (it works with your data plan).It has a Free Call feature by which you can talk as long as you want, even with people in other countries. (Calls are free over Wi-Fi. Otherwise, standard data charges apply.)
( Android )
As you know Facebook is a huge social networking site , so when it launched it’s messaging app obviously the crowd( users ) went crazy and are using it more often.
You need to have a facebook ID to use facebook messenger but in whatsapp its totally different.
Although WhatsApp is the top messenger app but Facebook messenger app is the Top Dog in US :
3. [ Line ]
LINE is a Japan-based, cross-platform mobile messenger app with more than 400 million users worldwide . Created in response to the 2011 Tohoku earthquake, LINE was originally designed as an internet-based method of communication that did not have to rely on the then-damaged telecommunications infrastructure.
As of the fourth quarter 2013, LINE ranked as one of the most popular social apps worldwide with approximately ten percent of global smartphone users accessing it. Despite strong local mobile messengers, LINE particularly dominates the mobile messaging market in its home country Japan with 50 million users as well as other regional markets such as Thailand and Indonesia.
I guess some of you must be thinking that WeChat should be counted in the Top 3 Messenger Apps , but according to the latest official report LINE outsmarted WeChat here is the report :
