2. Presentation Topic
WhatsApp Messenger
One of the largest instant messaging apps in the world
Developer : WhatsApp Inc.
Acquired by Facebook in 2014 for 19.3 billion dollars
Programming Language: Erlang
Operating systems
4. ORIGIN
Jan Koum Brian Acton
Both former employees of
Yahoo!
Founders
Founding year: 2009
Incorporated on 24th
February,2009
Based on the idea that contact
list should have more
information than just numbers.
5. Initial Status:
Small number of
users
Unstable
Depended on user
verification texts for
money
Breakthrough
Introduction of push notification. Number of
users escalated to 250,000.
6. Current
Scenario
1 Billion active users
1.6 million photos shared per
day
42 billion messages sent per
day
53 languages supported1 Billion groups
250 Million videos shared per
day
9. Current stats of instant messaging
apps in 2016
900 Million Users
800 Million Users
650 Million Users
249 Million Users
300 Million Users
10. Plans for the future
What they offer now
Text Messaging
Image Sharing
Video Sharing
Audio file sharing
What they will offer
Voice Mail
Companies can text their
customers directly via WhatsApp