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WhatsApp, said most used instant messaging service

It seems that instant messaging service, WhatsAppNo signs of fatigue. Facebook revealed that, after, in the summer of 2014, WhatsApp has reached 600 million active users monthly, currently are 700 million people using this alternative messaging. The large number of active users has resulted in an unexpected phenomenon: WhatsApp even surpassed Facebook Messenger!

Reliable sources claim that this instant messaging service has doubled its number of active users in the last year, attracting approximately 300 million new users. This increase coincided with the moment of its takeover by Facebook. Mark Zuckerberg paid no less than 22 billion dollars for WhatsApp and it seems that this investment will not be amortized in the near future.

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The annual subscription of one dollar does not bring much profit to the company, in the first half of 2014, WhatsApp registered losses of 230 million dollars and receipts of approximately 15 million dollars. However, Zuckerberg is firmly convinced that, when WhatsApp will reach one billion active users, this application it will bring profit to Facebook. One of the reasons for its recent growth is due to its intense popularization in India, while the United States of America and China are still reluctant to adopt it.

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