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In the U.S and Canada the dominant chat app is facebook messenger.

WhatsApp seems to dominate in Europe and South America.

I’m surprised. The younger generations (including my own, and I’m closer to 40 than 20…) seem to have abandoned the main Facebook product en masse in favor of first Instagram and then others. Are people still using FB Messenger stand-alone even if not using Facebook itself?

I still use FB Messenger to keep in contact with a group of friends. I would love to use something else, but we were never able to agree on another platform to switch too... I barely use Facebook, don't have the app installed, and would probably stop using it completely if that group chat moved elsewhere.

I have FB Messenger, WhatsApp, Signal, Telegram and Discord on my phone...

WhatsApp has 2 billion MAU. It dominates everywhere.

Everywhere except for the US and China.

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