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by yomly 1656 days ago
My understanding is that WhatsApp is pretty big in India and my experience is that WeChat is pretty ubiquitous within SE Asia. The Singapore govt uses WhatsApp now for much of its govt comms and a lot of small business uses WhatsApp. Also recently in the news, you can book an Uber via WhatsApp . I'd be curious how WhatsApp does in Japan and South Korea.

Also my hunch is that Aus and NZ use WhatsApp heavily too
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uuuugh 1656 days ago
From my experience, most messaging in Australia is done on FB Messenger and Instagram, or by SMS/iMessage.

I live in Hong Kong and WhatsApp is pretty big here.

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hrrsn 1653 days ago
Facebook Messenger seems to rule the roost here in NZ, WhatsApp probably a close second.
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