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by bernadus_edwin 3213 days ago
Whatsapp is no 1 market share in every country. If not no 1, only lost from wechat
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skinnymuch 3213 days ago
WhatsApp user base is insanely impressive but it isn't even no 1 in the country Ycombinator is based in. FBM is. Then it also isn't no 1 in obvious countries like Korea Japan China Taiwan Vietnam.
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ddeck 3213 days ago
While I agree that Whatsapp is the dominant chat app in Asia, it's not number 1 everywhere.

Notably - as you mentioned - Wechat in China, but also Kakao in Korea, Zalo in Vietnam and Line in Japan and Taiwan, where very few people use Whatsapp.

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bernadus_edwin 3212 days ago
Agree with this one. Only local startup can compete whatsapp. Asia, rusia and africa.
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robjan 3213 days ago
In my experience, most people in Taiwan use both Whatsapp and Line
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freddie_mercury 3213 days ago
WhatsApp is #1 in 55% of countries. It loses out to Zalo, Line, imo, Facebook Messenger and Blackberry Messenger in various countries.

I'm pretty sure you made up every claim you just wrote. Why would you bother doing that?

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kinkrtyavimoodh 3213 days ago
Think he meant within Asia
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freddie_mercury 3213 days ago
It's not true within Asia, either. Japan, Vietnam, Korea, Malaysia...WhatsApp isn't #1 is any of those places and neither is WeChat.
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philliphaydon 3212 days ago
I never said anything about WeChat?
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