2015-01-13 4:00
Technology
Alex Lowe

‪‎WhatsApp‬ is now more popular than texting

‪‎WhatsApp‬ is now more popular than texting

WhatsApp, the popular messenger app is now more popular than normal SMS texting.

The app has now overtaken traditional texting by 50% when comparing the amount of messages sent each day. Also WhatsApp now has a staggering 700 million active monthly users, which has seen a massive increase from the 50 million in April last year.

Ofcom has revealed that the forgotten SMS has seen a decline in the amount of message sent in 2013, a 8.7% drop last year. 20 billion SMS texts are sent a day, WhatsApp blows it out of the water with around 30 billion messages sent a day.

Alex Lowe

‪‎WhatsApp‬ is now more popular than texting

Alex Lowe is the owner and editor of the interface and started the website in 2013. He publishes the majority of the content on the website, hosts the three podcasts and the runs the YouTube channels. Alex has a professional background in computer networking, FWA and WiFi.

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