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by Pephers 1314 days ago
It's pretty much the same in Denmark. It's either a blue bubble or a green bubble. I'm pretty sure it's because of the heavy competition between mobile carriers in the 00's resulting in unlimited free SMS texts, thus having no incentive for using an alternative messaging platform. This meant that once iPhones became popular, every iPhone user's message automatically became an iMessage.

Practically no-one has WhatsApp here, but all my family in the Netherlands use WhatsApp almost exclusively. It's my impression that in the Nordic countries it's iMessage but the rest of Europe uses WhatsApp.
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thomasahle 1314 days ago
My experience is that Facebook Messenger is the most popular in Denmark.

I'd like to see statistics though if you can find them.

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Pephers 1314 days ago
Now that I think of it, I use Facebook Messenger quite a lot as well. In fact, probably more than iMessage/SMS so you're right.
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prowlr 1314 days ago
Anecdotally, this is true in Sweden as well. Especially in the 25+ demographic.
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jemmyw 1314 days ago
Agreed, I lived in Copenhagen and I had to sign up for Messenger to chat with new friends there.
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originalvichy 1314 days ago
Seems that Norway and Denmark are in a bubble, because it is definitely not like this in Finland where data and tech have been years ahead. As soon as 3g/4g plans and smartphones started becoming more widespread than unlimited SMS/MMS, WhatsApp took over.

I have noticed that my Norwegian friends use Facebook Messenger quite a lot and the iPhone is pretty ubiquitous there with younger folk, so perhaps Denmark is the same.

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