In January 2025, Meta-owned chat and communication app WhatsApp was the most downloaded mobile messenger app worldwide, with over 57 million downloads. Mobile social and communication app Snapchat ranked second with approximately 30 million downloads, while Telegram ranked third with approximately 27.6 million download worldwide.
Most popular messenger apps worldwide in January 2025, by monthly downloads
(in millions)
Characteristic
Monthly downloads in millions
WhatsApp Messenger
57.35
Snapchat
29.49
Telegram
27.63
WhatsApp Business
25.87
Messenger
18.56
WeChat
5.43
Signal Private Messenger
3.61
LINE
2.97
QQ
2.57
Zangi Private Messenger
2.28
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AppMagic. (February 11, 2025). Most popular messenger apps worldwide in January 2025, by monthly downloads (in millions) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved May 08, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1263360/most-popular-messenger-apps-worldwide-by-monthly-downloads/
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