[nico]

> "yet another messaging app"

Outside of the US, Whatsapp is pretty much _the_ messaging app

[wsc981]

In Thailand (and I believe in Japan as well, maybe also other SEA countries like Malaysia) LINE [0] is number one.

And it’s quite nifty as an “everything” app (kinda what Elon wants to do with Twitter/X).

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[0]: https://line.me/en/

[niutech]

Not everywhere. Telegram is popular in India and Russia. And WeChat is popular in China.

[TacticalCoder]

> Outside of the US, Whatsapp is pretty much _the_ messaging app

In Europe Telegram is huge. 1 billion Telegram users in the world, with 700 MAU (and there are already some countries where Telegram is the most used messenger).

I refuse to use WhatsApp (and don't have FB). Most of my friends and family are on Telegram. Many have both and use both interchangeably.

[hyperhopper]

In my experience, in Europe 90% of messaging is through Instagram, Whatsapp use is rare.

[guraf]

You clearly live in a bubble, I've never heard of ig being used for im.

[ludwik]

As a European, I always thought that using Instagram for IM is something that only Americans do...

[ossusermivami]

mostly young people I believe, my nephew classroom are all chatting on instagram while the only friends i know who has instagram group chats are some kind of heavy instagram users like influencers..

[Tijdreiziger]

You appear to be living in a very different Europe than me…

[belter]

"Global usage of messaging apps and statistics" - https://engage.sinch.com/blog/global-messenger-apps-usage-st...

If you are in a hurry: https://engage.sinch.com/sites/default/files/styles/x_large_...

[ffgjgf1]

It’s 80% FB messenger where I am.

[fuzztester]

This subthread reminds of https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blind_men_and_an_elephant