[ryanmercer]

(serious) can someone explain to me how widespread WhatsApp is in your social circles? I'm unaware of a single individual that I know using WhatsApp and I only used it for a brief window of a few weeks when I (in Indiana) and a guy in Australia attempted to do a podcast together over a decade ago.

Is this big with folks outside of the United States? Is it something that is largely used in the tech community? My friends and I just use run of the mill SMS/MMS with whatever app, or use Facebook Messenger even when we have each other's numbers, or will indiscriminately switch between the two.

My wife's family almost exclusively uses Marco Polo and iMessage.

[Mogzol]

It heavily depends on the country people are in. In the USA and Canada, Facebook Messenger is by far the most popular, but globally, WhatsApp has the most active users.

See: https://www.messengerpeople.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/s...

https://www.messengerpeople.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/s...

[j-james]

Too bad SMS / MMS weren't included on that map. That's by far the most popular messaging option in my general area (where data is expensive, and unlimited texts common).