WhatsApp reportedly topped Facebook to become world's most popular mobile app recently

Did you know that Facebook owns the hugely popular WhatsApp messaging platform in addition to Instagram? If you did, you might have been surprised to find out a few months back you’re actually in the minority.

Meanwhile, if you live in the US, you’ll be outright shocked to hear WhatsApp has recently surpassed the core app of its parent company in terms of global popularity. According to the latest annual “State of Mobile” report compiled by research firm App Annie (via VentureBeat), WhatsApp’s monthly active users topped Facebook’s same key metric for the first time ever in September 2018.

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Thursday, 17 January 2019 GSM ARENA GSMArena.com