This statistic shows the installed base of WhatsApp, Facebook Messenger, Snapchat and Skype in the Netherlands as of April 2018 (in millions). In April 2018, Snapchat was installed on approximately 3.5 million smartphones in the Netherlands. In a separate 2018 survey, 72 percent of the respondents aged 15 to 19 years old indicated they used the popular picture app. WhatsApp, however, remained the most popular messaging app in the Netherlands with roughly 12 million installs.
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Installed base of WhatsApp, Facebook Messenger, Snapchat and Skype in the Netherlands as of April 2018
(in millions)
Characteristic
Number of app installs in millions
WhatsApp
12.26
Facebook Messenger*
7.5
Snapchat**
3.5
Skype**
2.5
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* The source provides the following information on Facebook Messenger: "In October 2017, Facebook Messenger was installed on 8,010,000 Dutch smartphones; the number is falling. (...). In April, the decline was 6.5 percent compared to October."
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Telecompaper. (June 9, 2018). Installed base of WhatsApp, Facebook Messenger, Snapchat and Skype in the Netherlands as of April 2018 (in millions) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved June 20, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/910707/most-popular-messaging-apps-in-the-netherlands-by-number-of-app-installs/
Telecompaper. "Installed base of WhatsApp, Facebook Messenger, Snapchat and Skype in the Netherlands as of April 2018 (in millions)." Chart. June 9, 2018. Statista. Accessed June 20, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/910707/most-popular-messaging-apps-in-the-netherlands-by-number-of-app-installs/
Telecompaper. (2018). Installed base of WhatsApp, Facebook Messenger, Snapchat and Skype in the Netherlands as of April 2018 (in millions). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: June 20, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/910707/most-popular-messaging-apps-in-the-netherlands-by-number-of-app-installs/
Telecompaper. "Installed Base of Whatsapp, Facebook Messenger, Snapchat and Skype in The Netherlands as of April 2018 (in Millions)." Statista, Statista Inc., 9 Jun 2018, https://www.statista.com/statistics/910707/most-popular-messaging-apps-in-the-netherlands-by-number-of-app-installs/
Telecompaper, Installed base of WhatsApp, Facebook Messenger, Snapchat and Skype in the Netherlands as of April 2018 (in millions) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/910707/most-popular-messaging-apps-in-the-netherlands-by-number-of-app-installs/ (last visited June 20, 2025)
Installed base of WhatsApp, Facebook Messenger, Snapchat and Skype in the Netherlands as of April 2018 (in millions) [Graph], Telecompaper, June 9, 2018. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/910707/most-popular-messaging-apps-in-the-netherlands-by-number-of-app-installs/
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