News

WhatsApp Story Status Hits 450 Million User Mark

The announcement was made in annual F8 developer conference.

Whatsapp stories

After imitating Snapchat Stories in early 2017, WhatsApp has garnered 450 million daily active users. In last year itself, WhatsApp eclipsed the daily users of Snapchat by the month of May. At present, WhatsApp has a total user base of 1.5 billion, which is clearly more than Snapchat and Instagram. According to a report by Statista, WhatsApp has also surpassed the monthly active users of Facebook Messenger.

Whereas, Snapchat’s Q1 2018 earning faced a downfall. With the slowest ever growth rate sinking to 2.13 percent, Snapchat reached only 191 million daily active users, up from 187 million. As compared to $350 million loss in last quarter, Snapchat losses grew to $385.7 million. By the ends of 2017, Instagram also had approximately 300 million daily users on their Stories feature.

Whatsapp stories

Engagingly, WhatsApp has 3 million companies in its loop for business purposes and in the near future, WhatsApp is planning to charge recognized brands like airlines, banks and mobile carriers for some added features. This way, WhatsApp will be able to generate more revenue for its parent company, Facebook.

WhatsApp was taken over by Facebook in February 2014 for $19.3 billion. At that time, the total users of WhatsApp stood at 450 million and since then, it has tripled to 1.5 billion. In the annual F8 developer conference, Facebook CEO, Mark Zuckerberg revealed the whooping 450m daily users on the story feature of the WhatsApp platform. The jump in WhatsApp fortune can be related to Snapchat’s downfall.

It all begun with Snapchat’s makeover, which included both the Influencer and Celebrity Stories in the ‘Discover’ tab. The new design wasn’t taken well by the users. The lack of dedicated ‘Stories’ tab further multiplied the miseries of Snapchat. This all led to severe counterblast from the users which resulted in 83 percent negative reviews on Apple's App Store. On top of that, 1.2 million users filed an online petition on Change.org for the rollback of the new design.

Furthermore, WhatsApp will be adding stickers and Group Video calling to make the user experience more enticing. Soon, a user will be able to video chat with four people at once on a single split-screen video call (the number may be increased in future). And along with plain text, sticker sharing will also be enabled. This will surely keep WhatsApp user in binding. As of now, all its users spend about 2 billion minutes per day on video and audio calls.

Manish <span>Content Strategist</span>
Written By
Manish Content Strategist

With a mixture of literature, cinema, and photography, Manish is mostly traveling. When he is not, he is probably writing another tech news for you!

Think Your Professional Journey
Deserves A Spot In Our 40 Under 40 Report?

Featured Success Stories

News

Google’s New Stadia Game Streaming Service: Here’s What You Need To Know

2 min read  

It's about time, Google has made its way back to the trending section and this time it's not about the latest version of Android OS but it is actually related to online streaming.Well to be specific, it's about an online game streaming service! Yes, the tech giant, Google has de

News

Google Is Now Cutting 100s Of Jobs In Its Recruitment Wing

4 min read  

Even tech giants like Google are not immune to the global economic slowdown. Google has recently announced its latest round of job cuts as part of a broader pullback in hiring over the next several quarters. This time, the workforce facing this reduction will be from its recruitment organization.&nb

News

Meta Abandons NFTs on Instagram and Facebook, Shifts Focus to Creator Monetization

4 min read  

Meta, the parent company of Facebook, Whatsapp & Instagram, has announced that it will be winding down support for NFTs and digital collectibles on its platforms. According to Stephane Kasriel, Meta's head of commerce and financial technologies, the decision was made in order to shi

News

Android All Set To Get Mobile Previews From Netflix

4 min read  

Netflix is an original major streaming platform for on-demand TV shows and movies ad-free, with 125 million subscribers. And in one of the significant development, Netflix will soon be introducing Mobile Previews to Android. Though, Netflix didn’t disclose the exact date when the Mobile Previe

Featured Success Interview

Interview

Interview With Coyote Jackson, Director of Product Management, PubNub

MAD Team 4 min read  

MobileAppDaily had a word with Coyote Jackson, Director of Product Management, PubNub. We spoke to him about his journey in the global Data Stream Network and real-time infrastructure-as-a-service company. Learn more about him.

Interview

Interview With Laetitia Gazel Anthoine, Founder and CEO, Connecthings

MAD Team 4 min read  

MobileAppDaily had a word with Laetitia Gazel Anthoine, Founder and CEO, Connecthings. We spoke to her about her idea behind Connecthings and thoughts about the company’s services.

Interview

Interview With Gregg Temperley, Founder Of ParcelBroker App

MAD Team 4 min read  

MobileAppDaily had a word with Gregg Temperley, Founder. We spoke to him about his idea behind such an excellent app and his whole journey during the development process.

App Development

How to Implement Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning in an Existing App?

MAD Team 11 min read  

AI is for decision making, and ML makes the system to learn new things from data.

MAD Originals
MAD Originals

Cut to the chase content that’s credible, insightful & actionable.

Get the latest mashup of the App Industry Exclusively Inboxed

  • PRODUCTS
  • SERVICES
  • BOTH
Join our expansive network, build connections and expand your brand presence.