WhatsApp: close to 42 million messages sent every minute around the world


In 2020, 59% of the global population was on the Internet. — zaozaa09/IStock.com/AFP Relaxnews

According to figures from the latest "Data Never Sleeps" infographic from software company Domo, no fewer than 41.6 million messages are shared every minute by WhatsApp users all over the planet.

Since 2014, the number of Internet users has increased by 1.5 billion to reach a total of 4.57 billion, or 59% of the global population.

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