According to a January 2025 study, over ** percent of the smartphone users surveyed in Brazil claimed to use WhatsApp to exchange text messages. Meanwhile, ** percent of respondents claimed to use Instagram over its Direct channel for the same purpose. Overall, WhatsApp remains the most used messenger in the country, as ** percent of respondents claimed to use it for exchanging images and another ** percent to exchange voice messages.
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Mobile Time, & Opinion Box. (February 24, 2025). Share of smartphone owners in Brazil who claimed to use selected functions in mobile messaging apps as of January 2025, by type [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved June 17, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/798118/brazil-use-mobile-messaging-app-function-type/
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