Kwakusele phantse unyaka ukususela ekubeni uMark Zuckerberg enze amanani kwaye wabika ngenani labalandeli ukuba amaqonga ahlukeneyo akhoyo ngoku, angekho bambalwa. Kunye nokuboniswa kweziphumo zemali, apho ibonise inzuzo ye-10.217 yezigidi zeedola, iphinde inike ingxelo. inani labasebenzisi be-WhatsApp abasebenzayo: 1.200 billion. Eli nani linyuke nge-20% xa lithelekiswa nenani elabhengezwa kunyaka ophelileyo. Imbangi yayo ephambili, i-Facebook Messenger, eye yazuzwa njengabasebenzisi uninzi lwabantu abane-akhawunti kwinethiwekhi yoluntu, inabasebenzisi abazizigidi ezi-1.000 ngenyanga.
I-WhatsApp iyaqhubeka nokuba lelona qonga likhethwa kakhulu luninzi lwabasebenzisi be-smartphone, nangona ilungisiwe iimeko zenkonzo ukudlulisa idatha yethu kwinethiwekhi yoluntu, iimeko zenkonzo eyanyanzeleka ukuba irhoxe emva kokuba iijaji ezininzi zaseYurophu zizithatha zingacacanga. Unyaka wonke, isicelo semiyalezo eluhlaza sifumana amanqaku amatsha, inkalo esoloko ibiza ngaphezulu kwesiqhelo kwaye abasebenzisi babonakala benganiki kubaluleka kakhulu kuyo.
Nangona ifumaneka kumazwe ali-187, Ayingokumkanikazi wemiyalezo kuzo zonke, kuphela kwi-109, engeyiyo imbi kwaphela ngokuba ngomnye wabokuqala ukubetha imarike. Kumazwe apho i-WhatsApp ingesona sicelo siphambili somyalezo, sifumana i-Facebook Messenger, eyinxalenye yenkampani enye ngoko ke phakathi kwezi zibini zabelana phantse yonke ipayi. Ngokomzekelo, i-WeChat yindlovukazi yaseTshayina, ngelixa umgca uyindlovukazi yaseJapan. KuMbindi Mpuma, iViber yinkosi. Njengoko sibona, i-Asiya kulapho i-WhatsApp iqhubeka nokuhlangabezana neengxaki ezininzi xa kuziwa ekufikeleleni abasebenzisi abaninzi.