WhatsApp was launched in 2009 and at present, it is the most famous message and voice messages service provider in the world. Here are five interesting facts about WhatsApp you may not have any idea about.
The founders of Whatsapp, Jan Koun and Brian never believed in marketing and they didn’t invest any money in its marketing and promotion. In fact, WhatsApp does not have a marketing department and they always believed that providing quality services will speak for it and which is why they never invested any money in its promotion ever.
WhatsApp is one of the most downloaded apps, but you will be surprised to know that it is banned in 12 countries across the world. This makes it the most blocked app in the world followed by Facebook and twitter which are banned in seven countries. UAE, China, North Korea, Syria, Bangladesh, and Iran are a few of the countries where WhatsApp is banned.
WhatsApp released an official figure that, on average WhatsApp users opens the app 23 times or above every day. So, according to it, a normal WhatsApp user opens it at least once an hour making it one of the most used apps all over.
Recent studies reveal that WhatsApp is the third most downloaded app from the Google play store behind only Facebook and YouTube. On the Apple app store, it’s the number one app that is downloaded from their store. 29 Million Messages WhatsApp messages are sent each minute and there are around 5 billion WhatsApp groups created from the time WhatsApp was introduced in 2009 till now.
The founders of WhatsApp rejected a bid of 10 billion dollars by Google in 2014 but in the same year, they accepted a $19 billion offer by Facebook and Facebook finally acquired it. At that time it was the biggest purchase of Facebook Company ever.
