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Global mobile messaging user growth 2016-2021

Year-on-year worldwide mobile phone messaging app user growth from 2016 to 2021

The data describes the year-on-year growth of mobile phone messaging app users worldwide from 2016 to 2021. In 2017, the number of phone users who accessed over-the-top messaging apps to communicate grew by 15.5% compared to the previous year. This annual growth rate is projected to slow to 5.9% in 2021.

2016 19.1
2017 15.5
2018 10.8
2019 8.5
2020 7.2
2021 5.9