Market Disruption global competitors messaging app monthly active
Market Disruption – global competitors – messaging app monthly active users Accelerator – mobile and wearable devices / content creation, sharing and consumption Facebook dominates messaging app race with Whatsapp and Messenger each having 1. 2 billion monthly users as of July 2017 Messaging App Monthly Active Users as of July 2017, billions (1 of 2) Note: Source: Based on most recent published figures as of July 2017 1. Facebook’s Whats. App now has 1. 2 billion users. Time to start monetizing? , The Motley Fool, https: //www. fool. com/ 2. Facebook Messenger passes 1. 2 billion users, Forbes, https: //www. forbes. com/ 3. We. Chat MAU grew by 23% to 938 M; QQ, QZone MAU down in Q 1 2017, China Internet Watch, https: //www. chinainternetwatch. com / 4. Tencent announces 2017 first quarter results , Tencent, https: //www. tencent. com/ 5. Snapchat Statistics – Updated 2017 , Wallaroo Media, http: //wallaroomedia. com/ 6. Skype has more than 300 million monthly active users, will get bots, MSPoweruser, https: //mspoweruser. com/ 7. Viber now lets users set photos and videos to disappear after they’re viewed, Tech. Crunch, https: //techcrunch. com/ 8. Line loses users for the first time, but makes money more than ever, Tech. In. Asia, https: //www. techinasia. com/ 9. Is BBM the dark horse of Blackberry’s turnaround? , Nasdaq, http: //www. nasdaq. com/ 10. May 2017 Investor Relations, Kakao, http: //www. kakaocorp. com/ 11. The Future of Mobile Messaging: Over-thetop competitors threaten SMS, Mc. Kinsey and Company, https: //www. mckinsey. com/ 12. Accelerating. Biz analysis © 2017 Accelerating. Biz®. Content use subject to subscriber Terms of Service. 1
Market Disruption – global competitors – messaging app monthly active users Accelerator – mobile and wearable devices / content creation, sharing and consumption Facebook dominates messaging app race with Whatsapp and Messenger each having 1. 2 billion monthly users as of July 2017 (cont. ) Messaging App Monthly Active Users as of July 2017, billions (2 of 2) § Messaging App – Software enabling sending and receiving of messages via Internet connection § Monthly Active Users (MAU) – Number of users who use messaging app service on monthly basis § Significant Global Presence – Facebook messaging platforms Messenger and Whats. App most used globally, each with 1. 2 billion MAUs in 2017 § Chinese Messaging Platforms – Chinese company Tencent’s We. Chat and QQ Mobile each have roughly 900 million users, catering predominantly to Chinese population § Other Asian Messaging Platforms – Japan’s Viber and Line have 260 million and 217 million MAUs each respectively, while South Korea’s Kakao. Talk has 42 million § Key Growth Drivers – Include increasing penetration of smartphones, rising use of mobile app ecosystems, improving network connectivity, and expanding functionalities of messaging platforms, such as ability to send P 2 P payments or send interactive media © 2017 Accelerating. Biz®. Content use subject to subscriber Terms of Service. 2
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