Here Are the nine Most Popular Messaging Apps in the World

For a lot of people, the stock text messaging apps that come with their phone might be all they need to get by and communicate with the lot in their address book via text and pictures. The standard call feature might be all they need for talking, and Skype or FaceTime may sate their video-call needs. But for millions, and perhaps billions, these applications are not enough, either because of lack of features, powerless integration, disagreeable style, or anything else a user can find unsatisfactory.

There are slew of options out there for people who want to get past the limitations or shortcomings of the stock communication apps. Some simply replicate the features but with a slightly different style or better function. Others wrap different communication methods into one system, making it effortless to switch from texting to calling to movie talk. Still others attempt to suggest a novel form of communication. Here, we’ll take a look at the world’s most popular over-the-top communication apps meant to cover for abate stock apps.

9. Kik

Kik is a messaging platform for iOS, Android, and Windows Phone. Unlike some of its competitors, it doesn’t feature voice calls, which may be one of its greater shortcomings. Still, it does have the capability to message anyone, anywhere, as long as both users have Kik. One special feature it has is a built-in web browser, permitting more seamless sharing of web content with friends. It claims to be the very first messenger app with such a feature.

Kik has been growing rapid, as the company reported fifty million users in April of two thousand thirteen and one hundred million users that same November. Now it claims to have one hundred twenty million users, tho’ RW reports a base of one hundred thirty million registered users for the app. Whatever the case, the app is doing well for itself and likely to proceed doing so. On Google Play, the app has a Four.5-star rating after over 839,000 votes.

8. Nimbuzz

Founded in India, Nimbuzz is “available for every smartphone and feature phone” according to its app description on the Windows Phone app store, with support for Windows Phone, Windows, iOS, Mac OS, Android, BlackBerry, Symbian, and Java. On top of having text talk — with stickers — and high-definition voice calling, it also has talk rooms and an app-to-phone number calling service called NimbuzzOut.

What may be one of the more standout features of Nimbuzz — and an uncommon one — is the support for communicating through other messaging clients within the app. If you want to talk to Facebook friends or Google+ contacts, Nimbuzz is able to do that on top of communicating with other Nimbuzz users. With over one hundred fifty million users, it’s a solid pick for the most popular messaging apps.

7. Tango

Tango goes after in the same vein as the others on this list, suggesting an over-the-top messaging service that includes text messaging — also with stickers — voice calls, and movie calls. The platform also offers a sort of news feed for sharing content with all of your friends, akin to Facebook, plus it has a feature for finding people you may know. To round it all out, it includes games that you can play with friends, in case conversation alone isn’t fairly cutting it.

Tango is available for iOS, Android, BlackBerry, Amazon devices, and Windows PC. It reports not only a large user base, but a swift growing one. In March of 2013, it had one hundred million subscribed users, and one year later that amount had doubled. It also reports having seventy million monthly active users.

At this point, it may be useful to clarify the difference inbetween some of these numbers. The number of subscribed users an app has shows how many people have downloaded and set up an account to use the app. Some people may choose not to use the app after that. The number of monthly active users shows how many people actually use the app each month. Unluckily, not all apps make both types of information known and it can be unlikely to get a ideal comparison. For that reason, some of these apps may actually rank differently depending on what aspect is compared, however they all can still be regarded as the most popular apps around.

6. Viber

Viber is a multi-platform app available for Windows, Windows Phone, Android, iOS, BlackBerry, Bada, and Nokia. It offers a elementary communication through free text messages, photo messages, and calling as well as location sharing inbetween Viber users over data connections. It also has a feature — like NimbuzzOut — for communicating with non-Viber users for a price through the ViberOut contraption.

While Viber might not sound like it does much more than the stock suite of communication implements, the app claims, “Our sound quality is much better than a regular call,” on its FAQ page. Also, the capability to have unlimited calls and messaging to anyone, anywhere in the world as long as they also have Viber is a standout feature — albeit one that is ubiquitous in these popular communication apps. Viber reports having two hundred million users in one hundred ninety three countries, and according to Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers’s two thousand fourteen Internet Trends report, it had one hundred million monthly active users in 2013, earning it a high spot on this list.

Five. Snapchat

This is one most of you will very likely have already, or at least have heard about. Snapchat is available for iOS and Android smartphones, but has limited specific version of the app for Android tablets, BlackBerry and Kindle devices, and Windows Phone are not available — however Snapchat is interested in knowing who wants support for what. This app is known for popularizing the ephemeral message, permitting users to send pictures, movies, and now even text messages that will vanish after a brief amount of time. Another feature permits users to create a set of pics that they share with everyone for a longer amount of time.

However in its nature it may not be the best app for communicating, it offers a joy way to stay in touch with friends that’s a bit different from most of the other popular apps. Tho’ data isn’t available on how many subscribed or active users are on Snapchat, KPCB’s Internet Trends report claims that 1.Two billion messages are sent in Snapchat every day — that figure includes “snaps sent per day and number of stories viewed per day.” More than 1.Two million users on Google Play have given it just over a 4-star rating, and the number of users that vote tends to be just a fraction of the actual number of users, so Snapchat could lightly have over one hundred million users if only one percent of users vote.

Four. KakaoTalk

This Korean talk app takes messaging to the next level compared to Snapchat’s 1.Two billion messages per day. KakaoTalk directed Five.Two billion messages per day in 2013, according to KPCB, and it’s been growing. From two thousand twelve to 2013, its traffic grew by twenty four percent. On its Google Play page, it claims to have more than one hundred thirty million users.

The service is widely available, running on iOS, Mac OS, Windows Phone, Windows, BlackBerry, Bada, and Asha. It offers a lot of what others do with free talk — again, with stickers, except these ones are animated — voice calls, and movie calls. It also has a system to help people schedule events and vote on plans. It even includes games. Its quality stands up against critics, as more than 1.6 million users on Google have given it an average rating of Four.Five starlets.

Three. Line

Once again, this is a communication app that offers all the typical accouterments of such an app. It has its movie calls, its got the voice calls, and it has the text messaging, boasting over Ten,000 stickers to round out the practice with accurately pleasant characters display every conceivable emotion. The app also links to games connected games — often featuring the popular sticker characters — so users can love more with their contacts. With the “Shake It” feature and QR codes, it’s also elementary to add friends that aren’t already in your contacts. Like some others, it also has a newsfeed for lightly updating everyone all at once.

Kicking off in Japan and growing out to the rest of the world, Line has proved an exceptionally popular communication app. It’s available on iOS, Android, BlackBerry, Windows Phone, Asha, Firefox OS, Windows, and Mac OS — tho’ some available services differ depending on operating system. It claims over four hundred forty million users in two hundred thirty one countries on it’s Google Play page and KPCB reports it had two hundred eighty million monthly active users in two thousand thirteen sending ten billion messages per day. Over Three.1 million Android users have given it just over a 4-star rating.

Disclaimer: I have used Line for just over two years now and vouch for it to my friends left and right. Not that it matters, since this ranking is based on stats, not private taste.

Two. WeChat

It only makes sense that one of the largest mobile communication apps in the world would be born from the thickest mobile market in the world — China. TenCent’s WeChat had three hundred fifty five million monthly active users in two thousand thirteen according to KPCB. In it’s two thousand fourteen first-quarter earnings reports, TenCent reported that WeChat and Weixin — the Chinese version of the app — had three hundred ninety six million monthly active users, which amounted to an eighty seven percent increase year on year, proving the still growing popularity of the app.

WeChat is available for iOS, Mac OS, Android, Windows Phone, Nokia (S40 and Symbian), BlackBerry (OS Five.0, 6.0, and BB10), as well as through a browser. The app has talk and movie calls that function like the others, tho’ its voice talk is particularly different. Instead of having a permanently streaming conversation, you send brief voice messages — undoubtedly helpful if you have a limited data plan. Like Line, it has a wiggle feature for lightly connecting with fresh contacts. It also has a GPS-based friend finder for meeting fresh people nearby. Also, similar to Nimbuzz, it has the capability to connect to Facebook.

1. WhatsApp

Apart from being the most popular app on this list, it may also be the most famous. For one, its acquisition by Facebook for $16 billion drew a lot of attention. Also, WhatsApp has done something the others haven’t: stopped being free. Tho’ it’s free for the very first year, it goes up to ninety nine cents per year after that. The app is available for Android smartphones, iOS, BlackBerry, Nokia (S40 and Symbian), and Windows Phone. Oddly, WhatsApp suffers from the same shortcoming as Kik — a lack of voice calling — however it does have voice messages. It’s gained good popularity as a talk app that functionally substitutes SMS, while also being able to send group messages, pictures and movies, as well as GPS coordinates.

WhatsApp knocks it out of the park in terms of usership. KPCB reported four hundred million monthly active users and fifty billion messages per day for the app in 2013. RW suggested four hundred fifty million registered users, and WhatsApp claims to have passed five hundred million at the end of April in a blog post, adding that seven hundred million photos and one hundred million movies are sent everyday, not to mention all the talk messages. On Google Play, the app has over 13.Two million votes providing it just timid of a 5-star rating.

If you’re looking to communicate with your friends with apps that have a little more to suggest than the standard communication suite that came with your phone, look no further than these very popular apps. You likely already have friends using them.

(This ranking is based on data compiled from the app makers, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers’s two thousand fourteen Internet Trends report, and RW.)

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Here Are the nine Most Popular Messaging Apps in the World

For a lot of people, the stock text messaging apps that come with their phone might be all they need to get by and communicate with the lot in their address book via text and pictures. The standard call feature might be all they need for talking, and Skype or FaceTime may sate their video-call needs. But for millions, and perhaps billions, these applications are not enough, either because of lack of features, feeble integration, disagreeable style, or anything else a user can find unsatisfactory.

9. Kik

Kik has been growing prompt, as the company reported fifty million users in April of two thousand thirteen and one hundred million users that same November. Now it claims to have one hundred twenty million users, however RW reports a base of one hundred thirty million registered users for the app. Whatever the case, the app is doing well for itself and likely to proceed doing so. On Google Play, the app has a Four.5-star rating after over 839,000 votes.

8. Nimbuzz

7. Tango

Tango is available for iOS, Android, BlackBerry, Amazon devices, and Windows PC. It reports not only a large user base, but a rapid growing one. In March of 2013, it had one hundred million subscribed users, and one year later that amount had doubled. It also reports having seventy million monthly active users.

At this point, it may be useful to clarify the difference inbetween some of these numbers. The number of subscribed users an app has shows how many people have downloaded and set up an account to use the app. Some people may choose not to use the app after that. The number of monthly active users shows how many people actually use the app each month. Unluckily, not all apps make both types of information known and it can be unlikely to get a ideal comparison. For that reason, some of these apps may actually rank differently depending on what aspect is compared, tho’ they all can still be regarded as the most popular apps around.

6. Viber

Viber is a multi-platform app available for Windows, Windows Phone, Android, iOS, BlackBerry, Bada, and Nokia. It offers a plain communication through free text messages, photo messages, and calling as well as location sharing inbetween Viber users over data connections. It also has a feature — like NimbuzzOut — for communicating with non-Viber users for a price through the ViberOut instrument.

While Viber might not sound like it does much more than the stock suite of communication contraptions, the app claims, “Our sound quality is much better than a regular call,” on its FAQ page. Also, the capability to have unlimited calls and messaging to anyone, anywhere in the world as long as they also have Viber is a standout feature — albeit one that is ubiquitous in these popular communication apps. Viber reports having two hundred million users in one hundred ninety three countries, and according to Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers’s two thousand fourteen Internet Trends report, it had one hundred million monthly active users in 2013, earning it a high spot on this list.

Five. Snapchat

This is one most of you will most likely have already, or at least have heard about. Snapchat is available for iOS and Android smartphones, but has limited specific version of the app for Android tablets, BlackBerry and Kindle devices, and Windows Phone are not available — tho’ Snapchat is interested in knowing who wants support for what. This app is known for popularizing the ephemeral message, permitting users to send pictures, movies, and now even text messages that will vanish after a brief amount of time. Another feature permits users to create a set of photos that they share with everyone for a longer amount of time.

Tho’ in its nature it may not be the best app for communicating, it offers a joy way to stay in touch with friends that’s a bit different from most of the other popular apps. However data isn’t available on how many subscribed or active users are on Snapchat, KPCB’s Internet Trends report claims that 1.Two billion messages are sent in Snapchat every day — that figure includes “snaps sent per day and number of stories viewed per day.” More than 1.Two million users on Google Play have given it just over a 4-star rating, and the number of users that vote tends to be just a fraction of the actual number of users, so Snapchat could lightly have over one hundred million users if only one percent of users vote.

Four. KakaoTalk

Three. Line

Once again, this is a communication app that offers all the typical accouterments of such an app. It has its movie calls, its got the voice calls, and it has the text messaging, boasting over Ten,000 stickers to round out the practice with scrupulously pleasant characters display every conceivable emotion. The app also links to games connected games — often featuring the popular sticker characters — so users can love more with their contacts. With the “Shake It” feature and QR codes, it’s also plain to add friends that aren’t already in your contacts. Like some others, it also has a newsfeed for lightly updating everyone all at once.

Embarking in Japan and growing out to the rest of the world, Line has proved an exceptionally popular communication app. It’s available on iOS, Android, BlackBerry, Windows Phone, Asha, Firefox OS, Windows, and Mac OS — however some available services differ depending on operating system. It claims over four hundred forty million users in two hundred thirty one countries on it’s Google Play page and KPCB reports it had two hundred eighty million monthly active users in two thousand thirteen sending ten billion messages per day. Over Trio.1 million Android users have given it just over a 4-star rating.

Disclaimer: I have used Line for just over two years now and vouch for it to my friends left and right. Not that it matters, since this ranking is based on stats, not private taste.

Two. WeChat

It only makes sense that one of the thickest mobile communication apps in the world would be born from the thickest mobile market in the world — China. TenCent’s WeChat had three hundred fifty five million monthly active users in two thousand thirteen according to KPCB. In it’s two thousand fourteen first-quarter earnings reports, TenCent reported that WeChat and Weixin — the Chinese version of the app — had three hundred ninety six million monthly active users, which amounted to an eighty seven percent increase year on year, proving the still growing popularity of the app.

WeChat is available for iOS, Mac OS, Android, Windows Phone, Nokia (S40 and Symbian), BlackBerry (OS Five.0, 6.0, and BB10), as well as through a browser. The app has talk and movie calls that function like the others, however its voice talk is particularly different. Instead of having a permanently streaming conversation, you send brief voice messages — certainly helpful if you have a limited data plan. Like Line, it has a wiggle feature for lightly connecting with fresh contacts. It also has a GPS-based friend finder for meeting fresh people nearby. Also, similar to Nimbuzz, it has the capability to connect to Facebook.

1. WhatsApp

Apart from being the most popular app on this list, it may also be the most well known. For one, its acquisition by Facebook for $16 billion drew a lot of attention. Also, WhatsApp has done something the others haven’t: stopped being free. Tho’ it’s free for the very first year, it goes up to ninety nine cents per year after that. The app is available for Android smartphones, iOS, BlackBerry, Nokia (S40 and Symbian), and Windows Phone. Oddly, WhatsApp suffers from the same shortcoming as Kik — a lack of voice calling — however it does have voice messages. It’s gained superb popularity as a talk app that functionally substitutes SMS, while also being able to send group messages, pictures and movies, as well as GPS coordinates.

(This ranking is based on data compiled from the app makers, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers’s two thousand fourteen Internet Trends report, and RW.)

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Here Are the nine Most Popular Messaging Apps in the World

For a lot of people, the stock text messaging apps that come with their phone might be all they need to get by and communicate with the lot in their address book via text and pictures. The standard call feature might be all they need for talking, and Skype or FaceTime may sate their video-call needs. But for millions, and perhaps billions, these applications are not enough, either because of lack of features, feeble integration, disagreeable style, or anything else a user can find unsatisfactory.

9. Kik

Kik has been growing prompt, as the company reported fifty million users in April of two thousand thirteen and one hundred million users that same November. Now it claims to have one hundred twenty million users, tho’ RW reports a base of one hundred thirty million registered users for the app. Whatever the case, the app is doing well for itself and likely to proceed doing so. On Google Play, the app has a Four.5-star rating after over 839,000 votes.

8. Nimbuzz

7. Tango

At this point, it may be useful to clarify the difference inbetween some of these numbers. The number of subscribed users an app has shows how many people have downloaded and set up an account to use the app. Some people may choose not to use the app after that. The number of monthly active users shows how many people actually use the app each month. Unluckily, not all apps make both types of information known and it can be unlikely to get a flawless comparison. For that reason, some of these apps may actually rank differently depending on what aspect is compared, tho’ they all can still be regarded as the most popular apps around.

6. Viber

While Viber might not sound like it does much more than the stock suite of communication devices, the app claims, “Our sound quality is much better than a regular call,” on its FAQ page. Also, the capability to have unlimited calls and messaging to anyone, anywhere in the world as long as they also have Viber is a standout feature — albeit one that is ubiquitous in these popular communication apps. Viber reports having two hundred million users in one hundred ninety three countries, and according to Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers’s two thousand fourteen Internet Trends report, it had one hundred million monthly active users in 2013, earning it a high spot on this list.

Five. Snapchat

This is one most of you will very likely have already, or at least have heard about. Snapchat is available for iOS and Android smartphones, but has limited specific version of the app for Android tablets, BlackBerry and Kindle devices, and Windows Phone are not available — tho’ Snapchat is interested in knowing who wants support for what. This app is known for popularizing the ephemeral message, permitting users to send pictures, movies, and now even text messages that will vanish after a brief amount of time. Another feature permits users to create a set of pictures that they share with everyone for a longer amount of time.

Four. KakaoTalk

Trio. Line

Once again, this is a communication app that offers all the typical accouterments of such an app. It has its movie calls, its got the voice calls, and it has the text messaging, boasting over Ten,000 stickers to round out the practice with meticulously pleasurable characters display every conceivable emotion. The app also links to games connected games — often featuring the popular sticker characters — so users can love more with their contacts. With the “Shake It” feature and QR codes, it’s also plain to add friends that aren’t already in your contacts. Like some others, it also has a newsfeed for lightly updating everyone all at once.

Kicking off in Japan and growing out to the rest of the world, Line has proved an amazingly popular communication app. It’s available on iOS, Android, BlackBerry, Windows Phone, Asha, Firefox OS, Windows, and Mac OS — however some available services differ depending on operating system. It claims over four hundred forty million users in two hundred thirty one countries on it’s Google Play page and KPCB reports it had two hundred eighty million monthly active users in two thousand thirteen sending ten billion messages per day. Over Trio.1 million Android users have given it just over a 4-star rating.

Disclaimer: I have used Line for just over two years now and vouch for it to my friends left and right. Not that it matters, since this ranking is based on stats, not individual taste.

Two. WeChat

It only makes sense that one of the thickest mobile communication apps in the world would be born from the fattest mobile market in the world — China. TenCent’s WeChat had three hundred fifty five million monthly active users in two thousand thirteen according to KPCB. In it’s two thousand fourteen first-quarter earnings reports, TenCent reported that WeChat and Weixin — the Chinese version of the app — had three hundred ninety six million monthly active users, which amounted to an eighty seven percent increase year on year, proving the still growing popularity of the app.

WeChat is available for iOS, Mac OS, Android, Windows Phone, Nokia (S40 and Symbian), BlackBerry (OS Five.0, 6.0, and BB10), as well as through a browser. The app has talk and movie calls that function like the others, tho’ its voice talk is particularly different. Instead of having a permanently streaming conversation, you send brief voice messages — certainly helpful if you have a limited data plan. Like Line, it has a wiggle feature for lightly connecting with fresh contacts. It also has a GPS-based friend finder for meeting fresh people nearby. Also, similar to Nimbuzz, it has the capability to connect to Facebook.

1. WhatsApp

Apart from being the most popular app on this list, it may also be the most legendary. For one, its acquisition by Facebook for $16 billion drew a lot of attention. Also, WhatsApp has done something the others haven’t: stopped being free. Tho’ it’s free for the very first year, it goes up to ninety nine cents per year after that. The app is available for Android smartphones, iOS, BlackBerry, Nokia (S40 and Symbian), and Windows Phone. Oddly, WhatsApp suffers from the same shortcoming as Kik — a lack of voice calling — tho’ it does have voice messages. It’s gained fine popularity as a talk app that functionally substitutes SMS, while also being able to send group messages, pictures and movies, as well as GPS coordinates.

(This ranking is based on data compiled from the app makers, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers’s two thousand fourteen Internet Trends report, and RW.)

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Here Are the nine Most Popular Messaging Apps in the World

For a lot of people, the stock text messaging apps that come with their phone might be all they need to get by and communicate with the lot in their address book via text and pictures. The standard call feature might be all they need for talking, and Skype or FaceTime may sate their video-call needs. But for millions, and perhaps billions, these applications are not enough, either because of lack of features, feeble integration, disagreeable style, or anything else a user can find unsatisfactory.

9. Kik

Kik has been growing quick, as the company reported fifty million users in April of two thousand thirteen and one hundred million users that same November. Now it claims to have one hundred twenty million users, however RW reports a base of one hundred thirty million registered users for the app. Whatever the case, the app is doing well for itself and likely to proceed doing so. On Google Play, the app has a Four.5-star rating after over 839,000 votes.

8. Nimbuzz

7. Tango

At this point, it may be useful to clarify the difference inbetween some of these numbers. The number of subscribed users an app has shows how many people have downloaded and set up an account to use the app. Some people may choose not to use the app after that. The number of monthly active users shows how many people actually use the app each month. Unluckily, not all apps make both types of information known and it can be unlikely to get a flawless comparison. For that reason, some of these apps may actually rank differently depending on what aspect is compared, tho’ they all can still be regarded as the most popular apps around.

6. Viber

While Viber might not sound like it does much more than the stock suite of communication instruments, the app claims, “Our sound quality is much better than a regular call,” on its FAQ page. Also, the capability to have unlimited calls and messaging to anyone, anywhere in the world as long as they also have Viber is a standout feature — albeit one that is ubiquitous in these popular communication apps. Viber reports having two hundred million users in one hundred ninety three countries, and according to Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers’s two thousand fourteen Internet Trends report, it had one hundred million monthly active users in 2013, earning it a high spot on this list.

Five. Snapchat

This is one most of you will very likely have already, or at least have heard about. Snapchat is available for iOS and Android smartphones, but has limited specific version of the app for Android tablets, BlackBerry and Kindle devices, and Windows Phone are not available — however Snapchat is interested in knowing who wants support for what. This app is known for popularizing the ephemeral message, permitting users to send pictures, movies, and now even text messages that will vanish after a brief amount of time. Another feature permits users to create a set of pictures that they share with everyone for a longer amount of time.

Four. KakaoTalk

Three. Line

Once again, this is a communication app that offers all the typical accouterments of such an app. It has its movie calls, its got the voice calls, and it has the text messaging, boasting over Ten,000 stickers to round out the practice with meticulously pleasurable characters display every conceivable emotion. The app also links to games connected games — often featuring the popular sticker characters — so users can love more with their contacts. With the “Shake It” feature and QR codes, it’s also plain to add friends that aren’t already in your contacts. Like some others, it also has a newsfeed for lightly updating everyone all at once.

Beginning in Japan and growing out to the rest of the world, Line has proved an exceptionally popular communication app. It’s available on iOS, Android, BlackBerry, Windows Phone, Asha, Firefox OS, Windows, and Mac OS — however some available services differ depending on operating system. It claims over four hundred forty million users in two hundred thirty one countries on it’s Google Play page and KPCB reports it had two hundred eighty million monthly active users in two thousand thirteen sending ten billion messages per day. Over Trio.1 million Android users have given it just over a 4-star rating.

Disclaimer: I have used Line for just over two years now and vouch for it to my friends left and right. Not that it matters, since this ranking is based on stats, not individual taste.

Two. WeChat

WeChat is available for iOS, Mac OS, Android, Windows Phone, Nokia (S40 and Symbian), BlackBerry (OS Five.0, 6.0, and BB10), as well as through a browser. The app has talk and movie calls that function like the others, however its voice talk is particularly different. Instead of having a permanently streaming conversation, you send brief voice messages — certainly helpful if you have a limited data plan. Like Line, it has a wiggle feature for lightly connecting with fresh contacts. It also has a GPS-based friend finder for meeting fresh people nearby. Also, similar to Nimbuzz, it has the capability to connect to Facebook.

1. WhatsApp

Apart from being the most popular app on this list, it may also be the most well known. For one, its acquisition by Facebook for $16 billion drew a lot of attention. Also, WhatsApp has done something the others haven’t: stopped being free. However it’s free for the very first year, it goes up to ninety nine cents per year after that. The app is available for Android smartphones, iOS, BlackBerry, Nokia (S40 and Symbian), and Windows Phone. Oddly, WhatsApp suffers from the same shortcoming as Kik — a lack of voice calling — however it does have voice messages. It’s gained excellent popularity as a talk app that functionally substitutes SMS, while also being able to send group messages, pictures and movies, as well as GPS coordinates.

(This ranking is based on data compiled from the app makers, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers’s two thousand fourteen Internet Trends report, and RW.)

If you liked this story, go after me on Twitter to get more like it.

Here Are the nine Most Popular Messaging Apps in the World

For a lot of people, the stock text messaging apps that come with their phone might be all they need to get by and communicate with the lot in their address book via text and pictures. The standard call feature might be all they need for talking, and Skype or FaceTime may please their video-call needs. But for millions, and perhaps billions, these applications are not enough, either because of lack of features, powerless integration, disagreeable style, or anything else a user can find unsatisfactory.

9. Kik

8. Nimbuzz

7. Tango

Tango is available for iOS, Android, BlackBerry, Amazon devices, and Windows PC. It reports not only a large user base, but a quick growing one. In March of 2013, it had one hundred million subscribed users, and one year later that amount had doubled. It also reports having seventy million monthly active users.

At this point, it may be useful to clarify the difference inbetween some of these numbers. The number of subscribed users an app has shows how many people have downloaded and set up an account to use the app. Some people may choose not to use the app after that. The number of monthly active users shows how many people actually use the app each month. Unluckily, not all apps make both types of information known and it can be unlikely to get a ideal comparison. For that reason, some of these apps may actually rank differently depending on what aspect is compared, tho’ they all can still be regarded as the most popular apps around.

6. Viber

Five. Snapchat

This is one most of you will most likely have already, or at least have heard about. Snapchat is available for iOS and Android smartphones, but has limited specific version of the app for Android tablets, BlackBerry and Kindle devices, and Windows Phone are not available — however Snapchat is interested in knowing who wants support for what. This app is known for popularizing the ephemeral message, permitting users to send pictures, movies, and now even text messages that will vanish after a brief amount of time. Another feature permits users to create a set of pics that they share with everyone for a longer amount of time.

However in its nature it may not be the best app for communicating, it offers a joy way to stay in touch with friends that’s a bit different from most of the other popular apps. However data isn’t available on how many subscribed or active users are on Snapchat, KPCB’s Internet Trends report claims that 1.Two billion messages are sent in Snapchat every day — that figure includes “snaps sent per day and number of stories viewed per day.” More than 1.Two million users on Google Play have given it just over a 4-star rating, and the number of users that vote tends to be just a fraction of the actual number of users, so Snapchat could lightly have over one hundred million users if only one percent of users vote.

Four. KakaoTalk

Three. Line

Once again, this is a communication app that offers all the typical accouterments of such an app. It has its movie calls, its got the voice calls, and it has the text messaging, boasting over Ten,000 stickers to round out the practice with meticulously pleasurable characters display every conceivable emotion. The app also links to games connected games — often featuring the popular sticker characters — so users can love more with their contacts. With the “Shake It” feature and QR codes, it’s also plain to add friends that aren’t already in your contacts. Like some others, it also has a newsfeed for lightly updating everyone all at once.

Commencing in Japan and growing out to the rest of the world, Line has proved an amazingly popular communication app. It’s available on iOS, Android, BlackBerry, Windows Phone, Asha, Firefox OS, Windows, and Mac OS — tho’ some available services differ depending on operating system. It claims over four hundred forty million users in two hundred thirty one countries on it’s Google Play page and KPCB reports it had two hundred eighty million monthly active users in two thousand thirteen sending ten billion messages per day. Over Trio.1 million Android users have given it just over a 4-star rating.

Disclaimer: I have used Line for just over two years now and vouch for it to my friends left and right. Not that it matters, since this ranking is based on stats, not individual taste.

Two. WeChat

WeChat is available for iOS, Mac OS, Android, Windows Phone, Nokia (S40 and Symbian), BlackBerry (OS Five.0, 6.0, and BB10), as well as through a browser. The app has talk and movie calls that function like the others, tho’ its voice talk is particularly different. Instead of having a permanently streaming conversation, you send brief voice messages — undoubtedly helpful if you have a limited data plan. Like Line, it has a jiggle feature for lightly connecting with fresh contacts. It also has a GPS-based friend finder for meeting fresh people nearby. Also, similar to Nimbuzz, it has the capability to connect to Facebook.

1. WhatsApp

Apart from being the most popular app on this list, it may also be the most well known. For one, its acquisition by Facebook for $16 billion drew a lot of attention. Also, WhatsApp has done something the others haven’t: stopped being free. Tho’ it’s free for the very first year, it goes up to ninety nine cents per year after that. The app is available for Android smartphones, iOS, BlackBerry, Nokia (S40 and Symbian), and Windows Phone. Oddly, WhatsApp suffers from the same shortcoming as Kik — a lack of voice calling — tho’ it does have voice messages. It’s gained fine popularity as a talk app that functionally substitutes SMS, while also being able to send group messages, pictures and movies, as well as GPS coordinates.

(This ranking is based on data compiled from the app makers, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers’s two thousand fourteen Internet Trends report, and RW.)

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Here Are the nine Most Popular Messaging Apps in the World

9. Kik

Kik has been growing prompt, as the company reported fifty million users in April of two thousand thirteen and one hundred million users that same November. Now it claims to have one hundred twenty million users, tho’ RW reports a base of one hundred thirty million registered users for the app. Whatever the case, the app is doing well for itself and likely to proceed doing so. On Google Play, the app has a Four.5-star rating after over 839,000 votes.

8. Nimbuzz

7. Tango

6. Viber

Viber is a multi-platform app available for Windows, Windows Phone, Android, iOS, BlackBerry, Bada, and Nokia. It offers a ordinary communication through free text messages, photo messages, and calling as well as location sharing inbetween Viber users over data connections. It also has a feature — like NimbuzzOut — for communicating with non-Viber users for a price through the ViberOut instrument.

Five. Snapchat

Four. KakaoTalk

Trio. Line

Once again, this is a communication app that offers all the typical accouterments of such an app. It has its movie calls, its got the voice calls, and it has the text messaging, boasting over Ten,000 stickers to round out the practice with scrupulously pleasant characters display every conceivable emotion. The app also links to games connected games — often featuring the popular sticker characters — so users can love more with their contacts. With the “Shake It” feature and QR codes, it’s also plain to add friends that aren’t already in your contacts. Like some others, it also has a newsfeed for lightly updating everyone all at once.

Kicking off in Japan and growing out to the rest of the world, Line has proved an amazingly popular communication app. It’s available on iOS, Android, BlackBerry, Windows Phone, Asha, Firefox OS, Windows, and Mac OS — tho’ some available services differ depending on operating system. It claims over four hundred forty million users in two hundred thirty one countries on it’s Google Play page and KPCB reports it had two hundred eighty million monthly active users in two thousand thirteen sending ten billion messages per day. Over Three.1 million Android users have given it just over a 4-star rating.

Disclaimer: I have used Line for just over two years now and vouch for it to my friends left and right. Not that it matters, since this ranking is based on stats, not individual taste.

Two. WeChat

It only makes sense that one of the fattest mobile communication apps in the world would be born from the fattest mobile market in the world — China. TenCent’s WeChat had three hundred fifty five million monthly active users in two thousand thirteen according to KPCB. In it’s two thousand fourteen first-quarter earnings reports, TenCent reported that WeChat and Weixin — the Chinese version of the app — had three hundred ninety six million monthly active users, which amounted to an eighty seven percent increase year on year, proving the still growing popularity of the app.

WeChat is available for iOS, Mac OS, Android, Windows Phone, Nokia (S40 and Symbian), BlackBerry (OS Five.0, 6.0, and BB10), as well as through a browser. The app has talk and movie calls that function like the others, however its voice talk is particularly different. Instead of having a permanently streaming conversation, you send brief voice messages — undoubtedly helpful if you have a limited data plan. Like Line, it has a wiggle feature for lightly connecting with fresh contacts. It also has a GPS-based friend finder for meeting fresh people nearby. Also, similar to Nimbuzz, it has the capability to connect to Facebook.

1. WhatsApp

Apart from being the most popular app on this list, it may also be the most well known. For one, its acquisition by Facebook for $16 billion drew a lot of attention. Also, WhatsApp has done something the others haven’t: stopped being free. Tho’ it’s free for the very first year, it goes up to ninety nine cents per year after that. The app is available for Android smartphones, iOS, BlackBerry, Nokia (S40 and Symbian), and Windows Phone. Oddly, WhatsApp suffers from the same shortcoming as Kik — a lack of voice calling — tho’ it does have voice messages. It’s gained good popularity as a talk app that functionally substitutes SMS, while also being able to send group messages, pictures and movies, as well as GPS coordinates.

(This ranking is based on data compiled from the app makers, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers’s two thousand fourteen Internet Trends report, and RW.)

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Here Are the nine Most Popular Messaging Apps in the World

9. Kik

Kik has been growing prompt, as the company reported fifty million users in April of two thousand thirteen and one hundred million users that same November. Now it claims to have one hundred twenty million users, tho’ RW reports a base of one hundred thirty million registered users for the app. Whatever the case, the app is doing well for itself and likely to proceed doing so. On Google Play, the app has a Four.5-star rating after over 839,000 votes.

8. Nimbuzz

7. Tango

At this point, it may be useful to clarify the difference inbetween some of these numbers. The number of subscribed users an app has shows how many people have downloaded and set up an account to use the app. Some people may choose not to use the app after that. The number of monthly active users shows how many people actually use the app each month. Unluckily, not all apps make both types of information known and it can be unlikely to get a flawless comparison. For that reason, some of these apps may actually rank differently depending on what aspect is compared, however they all can still be regarded as the most popular apps around.

6. Viber

Five. Snapchat

This is one most of you will very likely have already, or at least have heard about. Snapchat is available for iOS and Android smartphones, but has limited specific version of the app for Android tablets, BlackBerry and Kindle devices, and Windows Phone are not available — however Snapchat is interested in knowing who wants support for what. This app is known for popularizing the ephemeral message, permitting users to send pictures, movies, and now even text messages that will vanish after a brief amount of time. Another feature permits users to create a set of photos that they share with everyone for a longer amount of time.

Four. KakaoTalk

Trio. Line

Once again, this is a communication app that offers all the typical accouterments of such an app. It has its movie calls, its got the voice calls, and it has the text messaging, boasting over Ten,000 stickers to round out the practice with meticulously pleasurable characters display every conceivable emotion. The app also links to games connected games — often featuring the popular sticker characters — so users can love more with their contacts. With the “Shake It” feature and QR codes, it’s also elementary to add friends that aren’t already in your contacts. Like some others, it also has a newsfeed for lightly updating everyone all at once.

Embarking in Japan and growing out to the rest of the world, Line has proved an amazingly popular communication app. It’s available on iOS, Android, BlackBerry, Windows Phone, Asha, Firefox OS, Windows, and Mac OS — however some available services differ depending on operating system. It claims over four hundred forty million users in two hundred thirty one countries on it’s Google Play page and KPCB reports it had two hundred eighty million monthly active users in two thousand thirteen sending ten billion messages per day. Over Trio.1 million Android users have given it just over a 4-star rating.

Disclaimer: I have used Line for just over two years now and vouch for it to my friends left and right. Not that it matters, since this ranking is based on stats, not individual taste.

Two. WeChat

It only makes sense that one of the fattest mobile communication apps in the world would be born from the largest mobile market in the world — China. TenCent’s WeChat had three hundred fifty five million monthly active users in two thousand thirteen according to KPCB. In it’s two thousand fourteen first-quarter earnings reports, TenCent reported that WeChat and Weixin — the Chinese version of the app — had three hundred ninety six million monthly active users, which amounted to an eighty seven percent increase year on year, proving the still growing popularity of the app.

WeChat is available for iOS, Mac OS, Android, Windows Phone, Nokia (S40 and Symbian), BlackBerry (OS Five.0, 6.0, and BB10), as well as through a browser. The app has talk and movie calls that function like the others, however its voice talk is particularly different. Instead of having a permanently streaming conversation, you send brief voice messages — undoubtedly helpful if you have a limited data plan. Like Line, it has a jiggle feature for lightly connecting with fresh contacts. It also has a GPS-based friend finder for meeting fresh people nearby. Also, similar to Nimbuzz, it has the capability to connect to Facebook.

1. WhatsApp

Apart from being the most popular app on this list, it may also be the most legendary. For one, its acquisition by Facebook for $16 billion drew a lot of attention. Also, WhatsApp has done something the others haven’t: stopped being free. Tho’ it’s free for the very first year, it goes up to ninety nine cents per year after that. The app is available for Android smartphones, iOS, BlackBerry, Nokia (S40 and Symbian), and Windows Phone. Oddly, WhatsApp suffers from the same shortcoming as Kik — a lack of voice calling — tho’ it does have voice messages. It’s gained good popularity as a talk app that functionally substitutes SMS, while also being able to send group messages, pictures and movies, as well as GPS coordinates.

(This ranking is based on data compiled from the app makers, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers’s two thousand fourteen Internet Trends report, and RW.)

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Here Are the nine Most Popular Messaging Apps in the World

For a lot of people, the stock text messaging apps that come with their phone might be all they need to get by and communicate with the lot in their address book via text and pictures. The standard call feature might be all they need for talking, and Skype or FaceTime may please their video-call needs. But for millions, and perhaps billions, these applications are not enough, either because of lack of features, powerless integration, disagreeable style, or anything else a user can find unsatisfactory.

9. Kik

8. Nimbuzz

7. Tango

At this point, it may be useful to clarify the difference inbetween some of these numbers. The number of subscribed users an app has shows how many people have downloaded and set up an account to use the app. Some people may choose not to use the app after that. The number of monthly active users shows how many people actually use the app each month. Unluckily, not all apps make both types of information known and it can be unlikely to get a ideal comparison. For that reason, some of these apps may actually rank differently depending on what aspect is compared, tho’ they all can still be regarded as the most popular apps around.

6. Viber

Five. Snapchat

This is one most of you will very likely have already, or at least have heard about. Snapchat is available for iOS and Android smartphones, but has limited specific version of the app for Android tablets, BlackBerry and Kindle devices, and Windows Phone are not available — tho’ Snapchat is interested in knowing who wants support for what. This app is known for popularizing the ephemeral message, permitting users to send pictures, movies, and now even text messages that will vanish after a brief amount of time. Another feature permits users to create a set of pics that they share with everyone for a longer amount of time.

Tho’ in its nature it may not be the best app for communicating, it offers a joy way to stay in touch with friends that’s a bit different from most of the other popular apps. Tho’ data isn’t available on how many subscribed or active users are on Snapchat, KPCB’s Internet Trends report claims that 1.Two billion messages are sent in Snapchat every day — that figure includes “snaps sent per day and number of stories viewed per day.” More than 1.Two million users on Google Play have given it just over a 4-star rating, and the number of users that vote tends to be just a fraction of the actual number of users, so Snapchat could lightly have over one hundred million users if only one percent of users vote.

Four. KakaoTalk

Trio. Line

Once again, this is a communication app that offers all the typical accouterments of such an app. It has its movie calls, its got the voice calls, and it has the text messaging, boasting over Ten,000 stickers to round out the practice with meticulously pleasurable characters display every conceivable emotion. The app also links to games connected games — often featuring the popular sticker characters — so users can love more with their contacts. With the “Shake It” feature and QR codes, it’s also ordinary to add friends that aren’t already in your contacts. Like some others, it also has a newsfeed for lightly updating everyone all at once.

Disclaimer: I have used Line for just over two years now and vouch for it to my friends left and right. Not that it matters, since this ranking is based on stats, not private taste.

Two. WeChat

It only makes sense that one of the largest mobile communication apps in the world would be born from the fattest mobile market in the world — China. TenCent’s WeChat had three hundred fifty five million monthly active users in two thousand thirteen according to KPCB. In it’s two thousand fourteen first-quarter earnings reports, TenCent reported that WeChat and Weixin — the Chinese version of the app — had three hundred ninety six million monthly active users, which amounted to an eighty seven percent increase year on year, proving the still growing popularity of the app.

WeChat is available for iOS, Mac OS, Android, Windows Phone, Nokia (S40 and Symbian), BlackBerry (OS Five.0, 6.0, and BB10), as well as through a browser. The app has talk and movie calls that function like the others, however its voice talk is particularly different. Instead of having a permanently streaming conversation, you send brief voice messages — undoubtedly helpful if you have a limited data plan. Like Line, it has a jiggle feature for lightly connecting with fresh contacts. It also has a GPS-based friend finder for meeting fresh people nearby. Also, similar to Nimbuzz, it has the capability to connect to Facebook.

1. WhatsApp

(This ranking is based on data compiled from the app makers, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers’s two thousand fourteen Internet Trends report, and RW.)

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Here Are the nine Most Popular Messaging Apps in the World

For a lot of people, the stock text messaging apps that come with their phone might be all they need to get by and communicate with the lot in their address book via text and pictures. The standard call feature might be all they need for talking, and Skype or FaceTime may please their video-call needs. But for millions, and perhaps billions, these applications are not enough, either because of lack of features, feeble integration, disagreeable style, or anything else a user can find unsatisfactory.

9. Kik

8. Nimbuzz

7. Tango

Tango is available for iOS, Android, BlackBerry, Amazon devices, and Windows PC. It reports not only a large user base, but a prompt growing one. In March of 2013, it had one hundred million subscribed users, and one year later that amount had doubled. It also reports having seventy million monthly active users.

At this point, it may be useful to clarify the difference inbetween some of these numbers. The number of subscribed users an app has shows how many people have downloaded and set up an account to use the app. Some people may choose not to use the app after that. The number of monthly active users shows how many people actually use the app each month. Unluckily, not all apps make both types of information known and it can be unlikely to get a ideal comparison. For that reason, some of these apps may actually rank differently depending on what aspect is compared, tho’ they all can still be regarded as the most popular apps around.

6. Viber

Five. Snapchat

This is one most of you will most likely have already, or at least have heard about. Snapchat is available for iOS and Android smartphones, but has limited specific version of the app for Android tablets, BlackBerry and Kindle devices, and Windows Phone are not available — however Snapchat is interested in knowing who wants support for what. This app is known for popularizing the ephemeral message, permitting users to send pictures, movies, and now even text messages that will vanish after a brief amount of time. Another feature permits users to create a set of photos that they share with everyone for a longer amount of time.

Four. KakaoTalk

Trio. Line

Kicking off in Japan and growing out to the rest of the world, Line has proved an exceptionally popular communication app. It’s available on iOS, Android, BlackBerry, Windows Phone, Asha, Firefox OS, Windows, and Mac OS — tho’ some available services differ depending on operating system. It claims over four hundred forty million users in two hundred thirty one countries on it’s Google Play page and KPCB reports it had two hundred eighty million monthly active users in two thousand thirteen sending ten billion messages per day. Over Trio.1 million Android users have given it just over a 4-star rating.

Disclaimer: I have used Line for just over two years now and vouch for it to my friends left and right. Not that it matters, since this ranking is based on stats, not individual taste.

Two. WeChat

WeChat is available for iOS, Mac OS, Android, Windows Phone, Nokia (S40 and Symbian), BlackBerry (OS Five.0, 6.0, and BB10), as well as through a browser. The app has talk and movie calls that function like the others, however its voice talk is particularly different. Instead of having a permanently streaming conversation, you send brief voice messages — undoubtedly helpful if you have a limited data plan. Like Line, it has a wiggle feature for lightly connecting with fresh contacts. It also has a GPS-based friend finder for meeting fresh people nearby. Also, similar to Nimbuzz, it has the capability to connect to Facebook.

1. WhatsApp

Apart from being the most popular app on this list, it may also be the most legendary. For one, its acquisition by Facebook for $16 billion drew a lot of attention. Also, WhatsApp has done something the others haven’t: stopped being free. Tho’ it’s free for the very first year, it goes up to ninety nine cents per year after that. The app is available for Android smartphones, iOS, BlackBerry, Nokia (S40 and Symbian), and Windows Phone. Oddly, WhatsApp suffers from the same shortcoming as Kik — a lack of voice calling — tho’ it does have voice messages. It’s gained superb popularity as a talk app that functionally substitutes SMS, while also being able to send group messages, pictures and movies, as well as GPS coordinates.

(This ranking is based on data compiled from the app makers, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers’s two thousand fourteen Internet Trends report, and RW.)

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Here Are the nine Most Popular Messaging Apps in the World

9. Kik

8. Nimbuzz

7. Tango

At this point, it may be useful to clarify the difference inbetween some of these numbers. The number of subscribed users an app has shows how many people have downloaded and set up an account to use the app. Some people may choose not to use the app after that. The number of monthly active users shows how many people actually use the app each month. Unluckily, not all apps make both types of information known and it can be unlikely to get a flawless comparison. For that reason, some of these apps may actually rank differently depending on what aspect is compared, tho’ they all can still be regarded as the most popular apps around.

6. Viber

Five. Snapchat

This is one most of you will most likely have already, or at least have heard about. Snapchat is available for iOS and Android smartphones, but has limited specific version of the app for Android tablets, BlackBerry and Kindle devices, and Windows Phone are not available — tho’ Snapchat is interested in knowing who wants support for what. This app is known for popularizing the ephemeral message, permitting users to send pictures, movies, and now even text messages that will vanish after a brief amount of time. Another feature permits users to create a set of pictures that they share with everyone for a longer amount of time.

Four. KakaoTalk

Trio. Line

Once again, this is a communication app that offers all the typical accouterments of such an app. It has its movie calls, its got the voice calls, and it has the text messaging, boasting over Ten,000 stickers to round out the practice with scrupulously pleasant characters display every conceivable emotion. The app also links to games connected games — often featuring the popular sticker characters — so users can love more with their contacts. With the “Shake It” feature and QR codes, it’s also plain to add friends that aren’t already in your contacts. Like some others, it also has a newsfeed for lightly updating everyone all at once.

Embarking in Japan and growing out to the rest of the world, Line has proved an amazingly popular communication app. It’s available on iOS, Android, BlackBerry, Windows Phone, Asha, Firefox OS, Windows, and Mac OS — tho’ some available services differ depending on operating system. It claims over four hundred forty million users in two hundred thirty one countries on it’s Google Play page and KPCB reports it had two hundred eighty million monthly active users in two thousand thirteen sending ten billion messages per day. Over Three.1 million Android users have given it just over a 4-star rating.

Disclaimer: I have used Line for just over two years now and vouch for it to my friends left and right. Not that it matters, since this ranking is based on stats, not private taste.

Two. WeChat

WeChat is available for iOS, Mac OS, Android, Windows Phone, Nokia (S40 and Symbian), BlackBerry (OS Five.0, 6.0, and BB10), as well as through a browser. The app has talk and movie calls that function like the others, tho’ its voice talk is particularly different. Instead of having a permanently streaming conversation, you send brief voice messages — certainly helpful if you have a limited data plan. Like Line, it has a wiggle feature for lightly connecting with fresh contacts. It also has a GPS-based friend finder for meeting fresh people nearby. Also, similar to Nimbuzz, it has the capability to connect to Facebook.

1. WhatsApp

(This ranking is based on data compiled from the app makers, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers’s two thousand fourteen Internet Trends report, and RW.)

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Here Are the nine Most Popular Messaging Apps in the World

For a lot of people, the stock text messaging apps that come with their phone might be all they need to get by and communicate with the lot in their address book via text and pictures. The standard call feature might be all they need for talking, and Skype or FaceTime may sate their video-call needs. But for millions, and perhaps billions, these applications are not enough, either because of lack of features, feeble integration, disagreeable style, or anything else a user can find unsatisfactory.

9. Kik

8. Nimbuzz

7. Tango

At this point, it may be useful to clarify the difference inbetween some of these numbers. The number of subscribed users an app has shows how many people have downloaded and set up an account to use the app. Some people may choose not to use the app after that. The number of monthly active users shows how many people actually use the app each month. Unluckily, not all apps make both types of information known and it can be unlikely to get a flawless comparison. For that reason, some of these apps may actually rank differently depending on what aspect is compared, tho’ they all can still be regarded as the most popular apps around.

6. Viber

Five. Snapchat

This is one most of you will most likely have already, or at least have heard about. Snapchat is available for iOS and Android smartphones, but has limited specific version of the app for Android tablets, BlackBerry and Kindle devices, and Windows Phone are not available — however Snapchat is interested in knowing who wants support for what. This app is known for popularizing the ephemeral message, permitting users to send pictures, movies, and now even text messages that will vanish after a brief amount of time. Another feature permits users to create a set of photos that they share with everyone for a longer amount of time.

Four. KakaoTalk

Trio. Line

Once again, this is a communication app that offers all the typical accouterments of such an app. It has its movie calls, its got the voice calls, and it has the text messaging, boasting over Ten,000 stickers to round out the practice with meticulously pleasant characters display every conceivable emotion. The app also links to games connected games — often featuring the popular sticker characters — so users can love more with their contacts. With the “Shake It” feature and QR codes, it’s also elementary to add friends that aren’t already in your contacts. Like some others, it also has a newsfeed for lightly updating everyone all at once.

Disclaimer: I have used Line for just over two years now and vouch for it to my friends left and right. Not that it matters, since this ranking is based on stats, not individual taste.

Two. WeChat

WeChat is available for iOS, Mac OS, Android, Windows Phone, Nokia (S40 and Symbian), BlackBerry (OS Five.0, 6.0, and BB10), as well as through a browser. The app has talk and movie calls that function like the others, however its voice talk is particularly different. Instead of having a permanently streaming conversation, you send brief voice messages — certainly helpful if you have a limited data plan. Like Line, it has a jiggle feature for lightly connecting with fresh contacts. It also has a GPS-based friend finder for meeting fresh people nearby. Also, similar to Nimbuzz, it has the capability to connect to Facebook.

1. WhatsApp

Apart from being the most popular app on this list, it may also be the most famous. For one, its acquisition by Facebook for $16 billion drew a lot of attention. Also, WhatsApp has done something the others haven’t: stopped being free. Tho’ it’s free for the very first year, it goes up to ninety nine cents per year after that. The app is available for Android smartphones, iOS, BlackBerry, Nokia (S40 and Symbian), and Windows Phone. Oddly, WhatsApp suffers from the same shortcoming as Kik — a lack of voice calling — tho’ it does have voice messages. It’s gained superb popularity as a talk app that functionally substitutes SMS, while also being able to send group messages, pictures and movies, as well as GPS coordinates.

(This ranking is based on data compiled from the app makers, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers’s two thousand fourteen Internet Trends report, and RW.)

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Here Are the nine Most Popular Messaging Apps in the World

For a lot of people, the stock text messaging apps that come with their phone might be all they need to get by and communicate with the lot in their address book via text and pictures. The standard call feature might be all they need for talking, and Skype or FaceTime may sate their video-call needs. But for millions, and perhaps billions, these applications are not enough, either because of lack of features, feeble integration, disagreeable style, or anything else a user can find unsatisfactory.

9. Kik

Kik has been growing swift, as the company reported fifty million users in April of two thousand thirteen and one hundred million users that same November. Now it claims to have one hundred twenty million users, tho’ RW reports a base of one hundred thirty million registered users for the app. Whatever the case, the app is doing well for itself and likely to proceed doing so. On Google Play, the app has a Four.5-star rating after over 839,000 votes.

8. Nimbuzz

7. Tango

At this point, it may be useful to clarify the difference inbetween some of these numbers. The number of subscribed users an app has shows how many people have downloaded and set up an account to use the app. Some people may choose not to use the app after that. The number of monthly active users shows how many people actually use the app each month. Unluckily, not all apps make both types of information known and it can be unlikely to get a flawless comparison. For that reason, some of these apps may actually rank differently depending on what aspect is compared, tho’ they all can still be regarded as the most popular apps around.

6. Viber

Five. Snapchat

Four. KakaoTalk

Three. Line

Once again, this is a communication app that offers all the typical accouterments of such an app. It has its movie calls, its got the voice calls, and it has the text messaging, boasting over Ten,000 stickers to round out the practice with accurately pleasurable characters display every conceivable emotion. The app also links to games connected games — often featuring the popular sticker characters — so users can love more with their contacts. With the “Shake It” feature and QR codes, it’s also ordinary to add friends that aren’t already in your contacts. Like some others, it also has a newsfeed for lightly updating everyone all at once.

Embarking in Japan and growing out to the rest of the world, Line has proved an amazingly popular communication app. It’s available on iOS, Android, BlackBerry, Windows Phone, Asha, Firefox OS, Windows, and Mac OS — tho’ some available services differ depending on operating system. It claims over four hundred forty million users in two hundred thirty one countries on it’s Google Play page and KPCB reports it had two hundred eighty million monthly active users in two thousand thirteen sending ten billion messages per day. Over Three.1 million Android users have given it just over a 4-star rating.

Disclaimer: I have used Line for just over two years now and vouch for it to my friends left and right. Not that it matters, since this ranking is based on stats, not private taste.

Two. WeChat

WeChat is available for iOS, Mac OS, Android, Windows Phone, Nokia (S40 and Symbian), BlackBerry (OS Five.0, 6.0, and BB10), as well as through a browser. The app has talk and movie calls that function like the others, tho’ its voice talk is particularly different. Instead of having a permanently streaming conversation, you send brief voice messages — certainly helpful if you have a limited data plan. Like Line, it has a jiggle feature for lightly connecting with fresh contacts. It also has a GPS-based friend finder for meeting fresh people nearby. Also, similar to Nimbuzz, it has the capability to connect to Facebook.

1. WhatsApp

Apart from being the most popular app on this list, it may also be the most legendary. For one, its acquisition by Facebook for $16 billion drew a lot of attention. Also, WhatsApp has done something the others haven’t: stopped being free. Tho’ it’s free for the very first year, it goes up to ninety nine cents per year after that. The app is available for Android smartphones, iOS, BlackBerry, Nokia (S40 and Symbian), and Windows Phone. Oddly, WhatsApp suffers from the same shortcoming as Kik — a lack of voice calling — however it does have voice messages. It’s gained excellent popularity as a talk app that functionally substitutes SMS, while also being able to send group messages, pictures and movies, as well as GPS coordinates.

(This ranking is based on data compiled from the app makers, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers’s two thousand fourteen Internet Trends report, and RW.)

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Here Are the nine Most Popular Messaging Apps in the World

For a lot of people, the stock text messaging apps that come with their phone might be all they need to get by and communicate with the lot in their address book via text and pictures. The standard call feature might be all they need for talking, and Skype or FaceTime may sate their video-call needs. But for millions, and perhaps billions, these applications are not enough, either because of lack of features, feeble integration, disagreeable style, or anything else a user can find unsatisfactory.

9. Kik

8. Nimbuzz

7. Tango

6. Viber

Five. Snapchat

Four. KakaoTalk

Trio. Line

Once again, this is a communication app that offers all the typical accouterments of such an app. It has its movie calls, its got the voice calls, and it has the text messaging, boasting over Ten,000 stickers to round out the practice with scrupulously pleasurable characters display every conceivable emotion. The app also links to games connected games — often featuring the popular sticker characters — so users can love more with their contacts. With the “Shake It” feature and QR codes, it’s also ordinary to add friends that aren’t already in your contacts. Like some others, it also has a newsfeed for lightly updating everyone all at once.

Commencing in Japan and growing out to the rest of the world, Line has proved an amazingly popular communication app. It’s available on iOS, Android, BlackBerry, Windows Phone, Asha, Firefox OS, Windows, and Mac OS — however some available services differ depending on operating system. It claims over four hundred forty million users in two hundred thirty one countries on it’s Google Play page and KPCB reports it had two hundred eighty million monthly active users in two thousand thirteen sending ten billion messages per day. Over Three.1 million Android users have given it just over a 4-star rating.

Disclaimer: I have used Line for just over two years now and vouch for it to my friends left and right. Not that it matters, since this ranking is based on stats, not individual taste.

Two. WeChat

WeChat is available for iOS, Mac OS, Android, Windows Phone, Nokia (S40 and Symbian), BlackBerry (OS Five.0, 6.0, and BB10), as well as through a browser. The app has talk and movie calls that function like the others, however its voice talk is particularly different. Instead of having a permanently streaming conversation, you send brief voice messages — certainly helpful if you have a limited data plan. Like Line, it has a jiggle feature for lightly connecting with fresh contacts. It also has a GPS-based friend finder for meeting fresh people nearby. Also, similar to Nimbuzz, it has the capability to connect to Facebook.

1. WhatsApp

Apart from being the most popular app on this list, it may also be the most well known. For one, its acquisition by Facebook for $16 billion drew a lot of attention. Also, WhatsApp has done something the others haven’t: stopped being free. However it’s free for the very first year, it goes up to ninety nine cents per year after that. The app is available for Android smartphones, iOS, BlackBerry, Nokia (S40 and Symbian), and Windows Phone. Oddly, WhatsApp suffers from the same shortcoming as Kik — a lack of voice calling — however it does have voice messages. It’s gained superb popularity as a talk app that functionally substitutes SMS, while also being able to send group messages, pictures and movies, as well as GPS coordinates.

(This ranking is based on data compiled from the app makers, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers’s two thousand fourteen Internet Trends report, and RW.)

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Here Are the nine Most Popular Messaging Apps in the World

For a lot of people, the stock text messaging apps that come with their phone might be all they need to get by and communicate with the lot in their address book via text and pictures. The standard call feature might be all they need for talking, and Skype or FaceTime may sate their video-call needs. But for millions, and perhaps billions, these applications are not enough, either because of lack of features, feeble integration, disagreeable style, or anything else a user can find unsatisfactory.

9. Kik

8. Nimbuzz

7. Tango

At this point, it may be useful to clarify the difference inbetween some of these numbers. The number of subscribed users an app has shows how many people have downloaded and set up an account to use the app. Some people may choose not to use the app after that. The number of monthly active users shows how many people actually use the app each month. Unluckily, not all apps make both types of information known and it can be unlikely to get a ideal comparison. For that reason, some of these apps may actually rank differently depending on what aspect is compared, tho’ they all can still be regarded as the most popular apps around.

6. Viber

Five. Snapchat

This is one most of you will most likely have already, or at least have heard about. Snapchat is available for iOS and Android smartphones, but has limited specific version of the app for Android tablets, BlackBerry and Kindle devices, and Windows Phone are not available — tho’ Snapchat is interested in knowing who wants support for what. This app is known for popularizing the ephemeral message, permitting users to send pictures, movies, and now even text messages that will vanish after a brief amount of time. Another feature permits users to create a set of pictures that they share with everyone for a longer amount of time.

Four. KakaoTalk

Three. Line

Once again, this is a communication app that offers all the typical accouterments of such an app. It has its movie calls, its got the voice calls, and it has the text messaging, boasting over Ten,000 stickers to round out the practice with accurately pleasant characters display every conceivable emotion. The app also links to games connected games — often featuring the popular sticker characters — so users can love more with their contacts. With the “Shake It” feature and QR codes, it’s also ordinary to add friends that aren’t already in your contacts. Like some others, it also has a newsfeed for lightly updating everyone all at once.

Disclaimer: I have used Line for just over two years now and vouch for it to my friends left and right. Not that it matters, since this ranking is based on stats, not individual taste.

Two. WeChat

It only makes sense that one of the largest mobile communication apps in the world would be born from the largest mobile market in the world — China. TenCent’s WeChat had three hundred fifty five million monthly active users in two thousand thirteen according to KPCB. In it’s two thousand fourteen first-quarter earnings reports, TenCent reported that WeChat and Weixin — the Chinese version of the app — had three hundred ninety six million monthly active users, which amounted to an eighty seven percent increase year on year, proving the still growing popularity of the app.

WeChat is available for iOS, Mac OS, Android, Windows Phone, Nokia (S40 and Symbian), BlackBerry (OS Five.0, 6.0, and BB10), as well as through a browser. The app has talk and movie calls that function like the others, tho’ its voice talk is particularly different. Instead of having a permanently streaming conversation, you send brief voice messages — undoubtedly helpful if you have a limited data plan. Like Line, it has a jiggle feature for lightly connecting with fresh contacts. It also has a GPS-based friend finder for meeting fresh people nearby. Also, similar to Nimbuzz, it has the capability to connect to Facebook.

1. WhatsApp

Apart from being the most popular app on this list, it may also be the most well known. For one, its acquisition by Facebook for $16 billion drew a lot of attention. Also, WhatsApp has done something the others haven’t: stopped being free. Tho’ it’s free for the very first year, it goes up to ninety nine cents per year after that. The app is available for Android smartphones, iOS, BlackBerry, Nokia (S40 and Symbian), and Windows Phone. Oddly, WhatsApp suffers from the same shortcoming as Kik — a lack of voice calling — however it does have voice messages. It’s gained good popularity as a talk app that functionally substitutes SMS, while also being able to send group messages, pictures and movies, as well as GPS coordinates.

(This ranking is based on data compiled from the app makers, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers’s two thousand fourteen Internet Trends report, and RW.)

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Here Are the nine Most Popular Messaging Apps in the World

For a lot of people, the stock text messaging apps that come with their phone might be all they need to get by and communicate with the lot in their address book via text and pictures. The standard call feature might be all they need for talking, and Skype or FaceTime may please their video-call needs. But for millions, and perhaps billions, these applications are not enough, either because of lack of features, powerless integration, disagreeable style, or anything else a user can find unsatisfactory.

9. Kik

Kik has been growing quick, as the company reported fifty million users in April of two thousand thirteen and one hundred million users that same November. Now it claims to have one hundred twenty million users, tho’ RW reports a base of one hundred thirty million registered users for the app. Whatever the case, the app is doing well for itself and likely to proceed doing so. On Google Play, the app has a Four.5-star rating after over 839,000 votes.

8. Nimbuzz

7. Tango

6. Viber

Five. Snapchat

This is one most of you will very likely have already, or at least have heard about. Snapchat is available for iOS and Android smartphones, but has limited specific version of the app for Android tablets, BlackBerry and Kindle devices, and Windows Phone are not available — tho’ Snapchat is interested in knowing who wants support for what. This app is known for popularizing the ephemeral message, permitting users to send pictures, movies, and now even text messages that will vanish after a brief amount of time. Another feature permits users to create a set of photos that they share with everyone for a longer amount of time.

Four. KakaoTalk

Three. Line

Once again, this is a communication app that offers all the typical accouterments of such an app. It has its movie calls, its got the voice calls, and it has the text messaging, boasting over Ten,000 stickers to round out the practice with scrupulously pleasurable characters display every conceivable emotion. The app also links to games connected games — often featuring the popular sticker characters — so users can love more with their contacts. With the “Shake It” feature and QR codes, it’s also ordinary to add friends that aren’t already in your contacts. Like some others, it also has a newsfeed for lightly updating everyone all at once.

Commencing in Japan and growing out to the rest of the world, Line has proved an exceptionally popular communication app. It’s available on iOS, Android, BlackBerry, Windows Phone, Asha, Firefox OS, Windows, and Mac OS — tho’ some available services differ depending on operating system. It claims over four hundred forty million users in two hundred thirty one countries on it’s Google Play page and KPCB reports it had two hundred eighty million monthly active users in two thousand thirteen sending ten billion messages per day. Over Three.1 million Android users have given it just over a 4-star rating.

Disclaimer: I have used Line for just over two years now and vouch for it to my friends left and right. Not that it matters, since this ranking is based on stats, not individual taste.

Two. WeChat

WeChat is available for iOS, Mac OS, Android, Windows Phone, Nokia (S40 and Symbian), BlackBerry (OS Five.0, 6.0, and BB10), as well as through a browser. The app has talk and movie calls that function like the others, tho’ its voice talk is particularly different. Instead of having a permanently streaming conversation, you send brief voice messages — undoubtedly helpful if you have a limited data plan. Like Line, it has a jiggle feature for lightly connecting with fresh contacts. It also has a GPS-based friend finder for meeting fresh people nearby. Also, similar to Nimbuzz, it has the capability to connect to Facebook.

1. WhatsApp

Apart from being the most popular app on this list, it may also be the most famous. For one, its acquisition by Facebook for $16 billion drew a lot of attention. Also, WhatsApp has done something the others haven’t: stopped being free. Tho’ it’s free for the very first year, it goes up to ninety nine cents per year after that. The app is available for Android smartphones, iOS, BlackBerry, Nokia (S40 and Symbian), and Windows Phone. Oddly, WhatsApp suffers from the same shortcoming as Kik — a lack of voice calling — however it does have voice messages. It’s gained superb popularity as a talk app that functionally substitutes SMS, while also being able to send group messages, pictures and movies, as well as GPS coordinates.

(This ranking is based on data compiled from the app makers, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers’s two thousand fourteen Internet Trends report, and RW.)

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Here Are the nine Most Popular Messaging Apps in the World

9. Kik

Kik has been growing rapid, as the company reported fifty million users in April of two thousand thirteen and one hundred million users that same November. Now it claims to have one hundred twenty million users, however RW reports a base of one hundred thirty million registered users for the app. Whatever the case, the app is doing well for itself and likely to proceed doing so. On Google Play, the app has a Four.5-star rating after over 839,000 votes.

8. Nimbuzz

7. Tango

At this point, it may be useful to clarify the difference inbetween some of these numbers. The number of subscribed users an app has shows how many people have downloaded and set up an account to use the app. Some people may choose not to use the app after that. The number of monthly active users shows how many people actually use the app each month. Unluckily, not all apps make both types of information known and it can be unlikely to get a flawless comparison. For that reason, some of these apps may actually rank differently depending on what aspect is compared, however they all can still be regarded as the most popular apps around.

6. Viber

Five. Snapchat

Four. KakaoTalk

Trio. Line

Once again, this is a communication app that offers all the typical accouterments of such an app. It has its movie calls, its got the voice calls, and it has the text messaging, boasting over Ten,000 stickers to round out the practice with meticulously pleasant characters display every conceivable emotion. The app also links to games connected games — often featuring the popular sticker characters — so users can love more with their contacts. With the “Shake It” feature and QR codes, it’s also elementary to add friends that aren’t already in your contacts. Like some others, it also has a newsfeed for lightly updating everyone all at once.

Disclaimer: I have used Line for just over two years now and vouch for it to my friends left and right. Not that it matters, since this ranking is based on stats, not private taste.

Two. WeChat

WeChat is available for iOS, Mac OS, Android, Windows Phone, Nokia (S40 and Symbian), BlackBerry (OS Five.0, 6.0, and BB10), as well as through a browser. The app has talk and movie calls that function like the others, tho’ its voice talk is particularly different. Instead of having a permanently streaming conversation, you send brief voice messages — certainly helpful if you have a limited data plan. Like Line, it has a jiggle feature for lightly connecting with fresh contacts. It also has a GPS-based friend finder for meeting fresh people nearby. Also, similar to Nimbuzz, it has the capability to connect to Facebook.

1. WhatsApp

Apart from being the most popular app on this list, it may also be the most famous. For one, its acquisition by Facebook for $16 billion drew a lot of attention. Also, WhatsApp has done something the others haven’t: stopped being free. However it’s free for the very first year, it goes up to ninety nine cents per year after that. The app is available for Android smartphones, iOS, BlackBerry, Nokia (S40 and Symbian), and Windows Phone. Oddly, WhatsApp suffers from the same shortcoming as Kik — a lack of voice calling — however it does have voice messages. It’s gained excellent popularity as a talk app that functionally substitutes SMS, while also being able to send group messages, pictures and movies, as well as GPS coordinates.

(This ranking is based on data compiled from the app makers, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers’s two thousand fourteen Internet Trends report, and RW.)

If you liked this story, go after me on Twitter to get more like it.

Here Are the nine Most Popular Messaging Apps in the World

For a lot of people, the stock text messaging apps that come with their phone might be all they need to get by and communicate with the lot in their address book via text and pictures. The standard call feature might be all they need for talking, and Skype or FaceTime may please their video-call needs. But for millions, and perhaps billions, these applications are not enough, either because of lack of features, feeble integration, disagreeable style, or anything else a user can find unsatisfactory.

9. Kik

8. Nimbuzz

7. Tango

At this point, it may be useful to clarify the difference inbetween some of these numbers. The number of subscribed users an app has shows how many people have downloaded and set up an account to use the app. Some people may choose not to use the app after that. The number of monthly active users shows how many people actually use the app each month. Unluckily, not all apps make both types of information known and it can be unlikely to get a ideal comparison. For that reason, some of these apps may actually rank differently depending on what aspect is compared, tho’ they all can still be regarded as the most popular apps around.

6. Viber

Five. Snapchat

This is one most of you will very likely have already, or at least have heard about. Snapchat is available for iOS and Android smartphones, but has limited specific version of the app for Android tablets, BlackBerry and Kindle devices, and Windows Phone are not available — however Snapchat is interested in knowing who wants support for what. This app is known for popularizing the ephemeral message, permitting users to send pictures, movies, and now even text messages that will vanish after a brief amount of time. Another feature permits users to create a set of pictures that they share with everyone for a longer amount of time.

Four. KakaoTalk

Trio. Line

Once again, this is a communication app that offers all the typical accouterments of such an app. It has its movie calls, its got the voice calls, and it has the text messaging, boasting over Ten,000 stickers to round out the practice with accurately pleasant characters display every conceivable emotion. The app also links to games connected games — often featuring the popular sticker characters — so users can love more with their contacts. With the “Shake It” feature and QR codes, it’s also plain to add friends that aren’t already in your contacts. Like some others, it also has a newsfeed for lightly updating everyone all at once.

Disclaimer: I have used Line for just over two years now and vouch for it to my friends left and right. Not that it matters, since this ranking is based on stats, not individual taste.

Two. WeChat

WeChat is available for iOS, Mac OS, Android, Windows Phone, Nokia (S40 and Symbian), BlackBerry (OS Five.0, 6.0, and BB10), as well as through a browser. The app has talk and movie calls that function like the others, however its voice talk is particularly different. Instead of having a permanently streaming conversation, you send brief voice messages — undoubtedly helpful if you have a limited data plan. Like Line, it has a jiggle feature for lightly connecting with fresh contacts. It also has a GPS-based friend finder for meeting fresh people nearby. Also, similar to Nimbuzz, it has the capability to connect to Facebook.

1. WhatsApp

Apart from being the most popular app on this list, it may also be the most famous. For one, its acquisition by Facebook for $16 billion drew a lot of attention. Also, WhatsApp has done something the others haven’t: stopped being free. However it’s free for the very first year, it goes up to ninety nine cents per year after that. The app is available for Android smartphones, iOS, BlackBerry, Nokia (S40 and Symbian), and Windows Phone. Oddly, WhatsApp suffers from the same shortcoming as Kik — a lack of voice calling — tho’ it does have voice messages. It’s gained superb popularity as a talk app that functionally substitutes SMS, while also being able to send group messages, pictures and movies, as well as GPS coordinates.

(This ranking is based on data compiled from the app makers, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers’s two thousand fourteen Internet Trends report, and RW.)

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Here Are the nine Most Popular Messaging Apps in the World

For a lot of people, the stock text messaging apps that come with their phone might be all they need to get by and communicate with the lot in their address book via text and pictures. The standard call feature might be all they need for talking, and Skype or FaceTime may sate their video-call needs. But for millions, and perhaps billions, these applications are not enough, either because of lack of features, feeble integration, disagreeable style, or anything else a user can find unsatisfactory.

9. Kik

8. Nimbuzz

7. Tango

6. Viber

Five. Snapchat

This is one most of you will most likely have already, or at least have heard about. Snapchat is available for iOS and Android smartphones, but has limited specific version of the app for Android tablets, BlackBerry and Kindle devices, and Windows Phone are not available — however Snapchat is interested in knowing who wants support for what. This app is known for popularizing the ephemeral message, permitting users to send pictures, movies, and now even text messages that will vanish after a brief amount of time. Another feature permits users to create a set of pics that they share with everyone for a longer amount of time.

Four. KakaoTalk

Trio. Line

Kicking off in Japan and growing out to the rest of the world, Line has proved an amazingly popular communication app. It’s available on iOS, Android, BlackBerry, Windows Phone, Asha, Firefox OS, Windows, and Mac OS — tho’ some available services differ depending on operating system. It claims over four hundred forty million users in two hundred thirty one countries on it’s Google Play page and KPCB reports it had two hundred eighty million monthly active users in two thousand thirteen sending ten billion messages per day. Over Trio.1 million Android users have given it just over a 4-star rating.

Disclaimer: I have used Line for just over two years now and vouch for it to my friends left and right. Not that it matters, since this ranking is based on stats, not private taste.

Two. WeChat

WeChat is available for iOS, Mac OS, Android, Windows Phone, Nokia (S40 and Symbian), BlackBerry (OS Five.0, 6.0, and BB10), as well as through a browser. The app has talk and movie calls that function like the others, however its voice talk is particularly different. Instead of having a permanently streaming conversation, you send brief voice messages — certainly helpful if you have a limited data plan. Like Line, it has a wiggle feature for lightly connecting with fresh contacts. It also has a GPS-based friend finder for meeting fresh people nearby. Also, similar to Nimbuzz, it has the capability to connect to Facebook.

1. WhatsApp

Apart from being the most popular app on this list, it may also be the most legendary. For one, its acquisition by Facebook for $16 billion drew a lot of attention. Also, WhatsApp has done something the others haven’t: stopped being free. However it’s free for the very first year, it goes up to ninety nine cents per year after that. The app is available for Android smartphones, iOS, BlackBerry, Nokia (S40 and Symbian), and Windows Phone. Oddly, WhatsApp suffers from the same shortcoming as Kik — a lack of voice calling — tho’ it does have voice messages. It’s gained good popularity as a talk app that functionally substitutes SMS, while also being able to send group messages, pictures and movies, as well as GPS coordinates.

(This ranking is based on data compiled from the app makers, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers’s two thousand fourteen Internet Trends report, and RW.)

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Here Are the nine Most Popular Messaging Apps in the World

For a lot of people, the stock text messaging apps that come with their phone might be all they need to get by and communicate with the lot in their address book via text and pictures. The standard call feature might be all they need for talking, and Skype or FaceTime may please their video-call needs. But for millions, and perhaps billions, these applications are not enough, either because of lack of features, powerless integration, disagreeable style, or anything else a user can find unsatisfactory.

9. Kik

8. Nimbuzz

7. Tango

At this point, it may be useful to clarify the difference inbetween some of these numbers. The number of subscribed users an app has shows how many people have downloaded and set up an account to use the app. Some people may choose not to use the app after that. The number of monthly active users shows how many people actually use the app each month. Unluckily, not all apps make both types of information known and it can be unlikely to get a flawless comparison. For that reason, some of these apps may actually rank differently depending on what aspect is compared, however they all can still be regarded as the most popular apps around.

6. Viber

Five. Snapchat

This is one most of you will most likely have already, or at least have heard about. Snapchat is available for iOS and Android smartphones, but has limited specific version of the app for Android tablets, BlackBerry and Kindle devices, and Windows Phone are not available — tho’ Snapchat is interested in knowing who wants support for what. This app is known for popularizing the ephemeral message, permitting users to send pictures, movies, and now even text messages that will vanish after a brief amount of time. Another feature permits users to create a set of pictures that they share with everyone for a longer amount of time.

Four. KakaoTalk

Three. Line

Once again, this is a communication app that offers all the typical accouterments of such an app. It has its movie calls, its got the voice calls, and it has the text messaging, boasting over Ten,000 stickers to round out the practice with meticulously pleasurable characters display every conceivable emotion. The app also links to games connected games — often featuring the popular sticker characters — so users can love more with their contacts. With the “Shake It” feature and QR codes, it’s also plain to add friends that aren’t already in your contacts. Like some others, it also has a newsfeed for lightly updating everyone all at once.

Commencing in Japan and growing out to the rest of the world, Line has proved an exceptionally popular communication app. It’s available on iOS, Android, BlackBerry, Windows Phone, Asha, Firefox OS, Windows, and Mac OS — however some available services differ depending on operating system. It claims over four hundred forty million users in two hundred thirty one countries on it’s Google Play page and KPCB reports it had two hundred eighty million monthly active users in two thousand thirteen sending ten billion messages per day. Over Three.1 million Android users have given it just over a 4-star rating.

Disclaimer: I have used Line for just over two years now and vouch for it to my friends left and right. Not that it matters, since this ranking is based on stats, not individual taste.

Two. WeChat

WeChat is available for iOS, Mac OS, Android, Windows Phone, Nokia (S40 and Symbian), BlackBerry (OS Five.0, 6.0, and BB10), as well as through a browser. The app has talk and movie calls that function like the others, tho’ its voice talk is particularly different. Instead of having a permanently streaming conversation, you send brief voice messages — undoubtedly helpful if you have a limited data plan. Like Line, it has a jiggle feature for lightly connecting with fresh contacts. It also has a GPS-based friend finder for meeting fresh people nearby. Also, similar to Nimbuzz, it has the capability to connect to Facebook.

1. WhatsApp

Apart from being the most popular app on this list, it may also be the most well known. For one, its acquisition by Facebook for $16 billion drew a lot of attention. Also, WhatsApp has done something the others haven’t: stopped being free. Tho’ it’s free for the very first year, it goes up to ninety nine cents per year after that. The app is available for Android smartphones, iOS, BlackBerry, Nokia (S40 and Symbian), and Windows Phone. Oddly, WhatsApp suffers from the same shortcoming as Kik — a lack of voice calling — tho’ it does have voice messages. It’s gained superb popularity as a talk app that functionally substitutes SMS, while also being able to send group messages, pictures and movies, as well as GPS coordinates.

(This ranking is based on data compiled from the app makers, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers’s two thousand fourteen Internet Trends report, and RW.)

If you liked this story, go after me on Twitter to get more like it.

Here Are the nine Most Popular Messaging Apps in the World

For a lot of people, the stock text messaging apps that come with their phone might be all they need to get by and communicate with the lot in their address book via text and pictures. The standard call feature might be all they need for talking, and Skype or FaceTime may sate their video-call needs. But for millions, and perhaps billions, these applications are not enough, either because of lack of features, feeble integration, disagreeable style, or anything else a user can find unsatisfactory.

9. Kik

Kik has been growing quick, as the company reported fifty million users in April of two thousand thirteen and one hundred million users that same November. Now it claims to have one hundred twenty million users, tho’ RW reports a base of one hundred thirty million registered users for the app. Whatever the case, the app is doing well for itself and likely to proceed doing so. On Google Play, the app has a Four.5-star rating after over 839,000 votes.

8. Nimbuzz

7. Tango

At this point, it may be useful to clarify the difference inbetween some of these numbers. The number of subscribed users an app has shows how many people have downloaded and set up an account to use the app. Some people may choose not to use the app after that. The number of monthly active users shows how many people actually use the app each month. Unluckily, not all apps make both types of information known and it can be unlikely to get a flawless comparison. For that reason, some of these apps may actually rank differently depending on what aspect is compared, however they all can still be regarded as the most popular apps around.

6. Viber

Five. Snapchat

This is one most of you will very likely have already, or at least have heard about. Snapchat is available for iOS and Android smartphones, but has limited specific version of the app for Android tablets, BlackBerry and Kindle devices, and Windows Phone are not available — however Snapchat is interested in knowing who wants support for what. This app is known for popularizing the ephemeral message, permitting users to send pictures, movies, and now even text messages that will vanish after a brief amount of time. Another feature permits users to create a set of pictures that they share with everyone for a longer amount of time.

Four. KakaoTalk

Three. Line

Once again, this is a communication app that offers all the typical accouterments of such an app. It has its movie calls, its got the voice calls, and it has the text messaging, boasting over Ten,000 stickers to round out the practice with scrupulously pleasant characters display every conceivable emotion. The app also links to games connected games — often featuring the popular sticker characters — so users can love more with their contacts. With the “Shake It” feature and QR codes, it’s also plain to add friends that aren’t already in your contacts. Like some others, it also has a newsfeed for lightly updating everyone all at once.

Commencing in Japan and growing out to the rest of the world, Line has proved an amazingly popular communication app. It’s available on iOS, Android, BlackBerry, Windows Phone, Asha, Firefox OS, Windows, and Mac OS — however some available services differ depending on operating system. It claims over four hundred forty million users in two hundred thirty one countries on it’s Google Play page and KPCB reports it had two hundred eighty million monthly active users in two thousand thirteen sending ten billion messages per day. Over Three.1 million Android users have given it just over a 4-star rating.

Disclaimer: I have used Line for just over two years now and vouch for it to my friends left and right. Not that it matters, since this ranking is based on stats, not individual taste.

Two. WeChat

It only makes sense that one of the fattest mobile communication apps in the world would be born from the thickest mobile market in the world — China. TenCent’s WeChat had three hundred fifty five million monthly active users in two thousand thirteen according to KPCB. In it’s two thousand fourteen first-quarter earnings reports, TenCent reported that WeChat and Weixin — the Chinese version of the app — had three hundred ninety six million monthly active users, which amounted to an eighty seven percent increase year on year, proving the still growing popularity of the app.

WeChat is available for iOS, Mac OS, Android, Windows Phone, Nokia (S40 and Symbian), BlackBerry (OS Five.0, 6.0, and BB10), as well as through a browser. The app has talk and movie calls that function like the others, however its voice talk is particularly different. Instead of having a permanently streaming conversation, you send brief voice messages — certainly helpful if you have a limited data plan. Like Line, it has a wiggle feature for lightly connecting with fresh contacts. It also has a GPS-based friend finder for meeting fresh people nearby. Also, similar to Nimbuzz, it has the capability to connect to Facebook.

1. WhatsApp

Apart from being the most popular app on this list, it may also be the most legendary. For one, its acquisition by Facebook for $16 billion drew a lot of attention. Also, WhatsApp has done something the others haven’t: stopped being free. Tho’ it’s free for the very first year, it goes up to ninety nine cents per year after that. The app is available for Android smartphones, iOS, BlackBerry, Nokia (S40 and Symbian), and Windows Phone. Oddly, WhatsApp suffers from the same shortcoming as Kik — a lack of voice calling — however it does have voice messages. It’s gained excellent popularity as a talk app that functionally substitutes SMS, while also being able to send group messages, pictures and movies, as well as GPS coordinates.

(This ranking is based on data compiled from the app makers, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers’s two thousand fourteen Internet Trends report, and RW.)

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Here Are the nine Most Popular Messaging Apps in the World

For a lot of people, the stock text messaging apps that come with their phone might be all they need to get by and communicate with the lot in their address book via text and pictures. The standard call feature might be all they need for talking, and Skype or FaceTime may please their video-call needs. But for millions, and perhaps billions, these applications are not enough, either because of lack of features, powerless integration, disagreeable style, or anything else a user can find unsatisfactory.

9. Kik

8. Nimbuzz

7. Tango

At this point, it may be useful to clarify the difference inbetween some of these numbers. The number of subscribed users an app has shows how many people have downloaded and set up an account to use the app. Some people may choose not to use the app after that. The number of monthly active users shows how many people actually use the app each month. Unluckily, not all apps make both types of information known and it can be unlikely to get a ideal comparison. For that reason, some of these apps may actually rank differently depending on what aspect is compared, tho’ they all can still be regarded as the most popular apps around.

6. Viber

Five. Snapchat

This is one most of you will most likely have already, or at least have heard about. Snapchat is available for iOS and Android smartphones, but has limited specific version of the app for Android tablets, BlackBerry and Kindle devices, and Windows Phone are not available — tho’ Snapchat is interested in knowing who wants support for what. This app is known for popularizing the ephemeral message, permitting users to send pictures, movies, and now even text messages that will vanish after a brief amount of time. Another feature permits users to create a set of pictures that they share with everyone for a longer amount of time.

Four. KakaoTalk

Three. Line

Once again, this is a communication app that offers all the typical accouterments of such an app. It has its movie calls, its got the voice calls, and it has the text messaging, boasting over Ten,000 stickers to round out the practice with accurately pleasurable characters display every conceivable emotion. The app also links to games connected games — often featuring the popular sticker characters — so users can love more with their contacts. With the “Shake It” feature and QR codes, it’s also ordinary to add friends that aren’t already in your contacts. Like some others, it also has a newsfeed for lightly updating everyone all at once.

Disclaimer: I have used Line for just over two years now and vouch for it to my friends left and right. Not that it matters, since this ranking is based on stats, not private taste.

Two. WeChat

It only makes sense that one of the thickest mobile communication apps in the world would be born from the largest mobile market in the world — China. TenCent’s WeChat had three hundred fifty five million monthly active users in two thousand thirteen according to KPCB. In it’s two thousand fourteen first-quarter earnings reports, TenCent reported that WeChat and Weixin — the Chinese version of the app — had three hundred ninety six million monthly active users, which amounted to an eighty seven percent increase year on year, proving the still growing popularity of the app.

WeChat is available for iOS, Mac OS, Android, Windows Phone, Nokia (S40 and Symbian), BlackBerry (OS Five.0, 6.0, and BB10), as well as through a browser. The app has talk and movie calls that function like the others, tho’ its voice talk is particularly different. Instead of having a permanently streaming conversation, you send brief voice messages — undoubtedly helpful if you have a limited data plan. Like Line, it has a jiggle feature for lightly connecting with fresh contacts. It also has a GPS-based friend finder for meeting fresh people nearby. Also, similar to Nimbuzz, it has the capability to connect to Facebook.

1. WhatsApp

Apart from being the most popular app on this list, it may also be the most legendary. For one, its acquisition by Facebook for $16 billion drew a lot of attention. Also, WhatsApp has done something the others haven’t: stopped being free. Tho’ it’s free for the very first year, it goes up to ninety nine cents per year after that. The app is available for Android smartphones, iOS, BlackBerry, Nokia (S40 and Symbian), and Windows Phone. Oddly, WhatsApp suffers from the same shortcoming as Kik — a lack of voice calling — however it does have voice messages. It’s gained superb popularity as a talk app that functionally substitutes SMS, while also being able to send group messages, pictures and movies, as well as GPS coordinates.

(This ranking is based on data compiled from the app makers, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers’s two thousand fourteen Internet Trends report, and RW.)

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Here Are the nine Most Popular Messaging Apps in the World

9. Kik

Kik has been growing swift, as the company reported fifty million users in April of two thousand thirteen and one hundred million users that same November. Now it claims to have one hundred twenty million users, however RW reports a base of one hundred thirty million registered users for the app. Whatever the case, the app is doing well for itself and likely to proceed doing so. On Google Play, the app has a Four.5-star rating after over 839,000 votes.

8. Nimbuzz

7. Tango

At this point, it may be useful to clarify the difference inbetween some of these numbers. The number of subscribed users an app has shows how many people have downloaded and set up an account to use the app. Some people may choose not to use the app after that. The number of monthly active users shows how many people actually use the app each month. Unluckily, not all apps make both types of information known and it can be unlikely to get a flawless comparison. For that reason, some of these apps may actually rank differently depending on what aspect is compared, however they all can still be regarded as the most popular apps around.

6. Viber

Five. Snapchat

Four. KakaoTalk

Trio. Line

Once again, this is a communication app that offers all the typical accouterments of such an app. It has its movie calls, its got the voice calls, and it has the text messaging, boasting over Ten,000 stickers to round out the practice with meticulously pleasant characters display every conceivable emotion. The app also links to games connected games — often featuring the popular sticker characters — so users can love more with their contacts. With the “Shake It” feature and QR codes, it’s also elementary to add friends that aren’t already in your contacts. Like some others, it also has a newsfeed for lightly updating everyone all at once.

Embarking in Japan and growing out to the rest of the world, Line has proved an amazingly popular communication app. It’s available on iOS, Android, BlackBerry, Windows Phone, Asha, Firefox OS, Windows, and Mac OS — however some available services differ depending on operating system. It claims over four hundred forty million users in two hundred thirty one countries on it’s Google Play page and KPCB reports it had two hundred eighty million monthly active users in two thousand thirteen sending ten billion messages per day. Over Three.1 million Android users have given it just over a 4-star rating.

Disclaimer: I have used Line for just over two years now and vouch for it to my friends left and right. Not that it matters, since this ranking is based on stats, not individual taste.

Two. WeChat

WeChat is available for iOS, Mac OS, Android, Windows Phone, Nokia (S40 and Symbian), BlackBerry (OS Five.0, 6.0, and BB10), as well as through a browser. The app has talk and movie calls that function like the others, tho’ its voice talk is particularly different. Instead of having a permanently streaming conversation, you send brief voice messages — undoubtedly helpful if you have a limited data plan. Like Line, it has a jiggle feature for lightly connecting with fresh contacts. It also has a GPS-based friend finder for meeting fresh people nearby. Also, similar to Nimbuzz, it has the capability to connect to Facebook.

1. WhatsApp

Apart from being the most popular app on this list, it may also be the most famous. For one, its acquisition by Facebook for $16 billion drew a lot of attention. Also, WhatsApp has done something the others haven’t: stopped being free. Tho’ it’s free for the very first year, it goes up to ninety nine cents per year after that. The app is available for Android smartphones, iOS, BlackBerry, Nokia (S40 and Symbian), and Windows Phone. Oddly, WhatsApp suffers from the same shortcoming as Kik — a lack of voice calling — tho’ it does have voice messages. It’s gained superb popularity as a talk app that functionally substitutes SMS, while also being able to send group messages, pictures and movies, as well as GPS coordinates.

(This ranking is based on data compiled from the app makers, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers’s two thousand fourteen Internet Trends report, and RW.)

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Here Are the nine Most Popular Messaging Apps in the World

For a lot of people, the stock text messaging apps that come with their phone might be all they need to get by and communicate with the lot in their address book via text and pictures. The standard call feature might be all they need for talking, and Skype or FaceTime may please their video-call needs. But for millions, and perhaps billions, these applications are not enough, either because of lack of features, feeble integration, disagreeable style, or anything else a user can find unsatisfactory.

9. Kik

Kik has been growing quick, as the company reported fifty million users in April of two thousand thirteen and one hundred million users that same November. Now it claims to have one hundred twenty million users, tho’ RW reports a base of one hundred thirty million registered users for the app. Whatever the case, the app is doing well for itself and likely to proceed doing so. On Google Play, the app has a Four.5-star rating after over 839,000 votes.

8. Nimbuzz

7. Tango

6. Viber

Five. Snapchat

This is one most of you will most likely have already, or at least have heard about. Snapchat is available for iOS and Android smartphones, but has limited specific version of the app for Android tablets, BlackBerry and Kindle devices, and Windows Phone are not available — tho’ Snapchat is interested in knowing who wants support for what. This app is known for popularizing the ephemeral message, permitting users to send pictures, movies, and now even text messages that will vanish after a brief amount of time. Another feature permits users to create a set of pictures that they share with everyone for a longer amount of time.

Four. KakaoTalk

Three. Line

Once again, this is a communication app that offers all the typical accouterments of such an app. It has its movie calls, its got the voice calls, and it has the text messaging, boasting over Ten,000 stickers to round out the practice with meticulously pleasant characters display every conceivable emotion. The app also links to games connected games — often featuring the popular sticker characters — so users can love more with their contacts. With the “Shake It” feature and QR codes, it’s also plain to add friends that aren’t already in your contacts. Like some others, it also has a newsfeed for lightly updating everyone all at once.

Disclaimer: I have used Line for just over two years now and vouch for it to my friends left and right. Not that it matters, since this ranking is based on stats, not individual taste.

Two. WeChat

WeChat is available for iOS, Mac OS, Android, Windows Phone, Nokia (S40 and Symbian), BlackBerry (OS Five.0, 6.0, and BB10), as well as through a browser. The app has talk and movie calls that function like the others, however its voice talk is particularly different. Instead of having a permanently streaming conversation, you send brief voice messages — undoubtedly helpful if you have a limited data plan. Like Line, it has a wiggle feature for lightly connecting with fresh contacts. It also has a GPS-based friend finder for meeting fresh people nearby. Also, similar to Nimbuzz, it has the capability to connect to Facebook.

1. WhatsApp

Apart from being the most popular app on this list, it may also be the most well known. For one, its acquisition by Facebook for $16 billion drew a lot of attention. Also, WhatsApp has done something the others haven’t: stopped being free. Tho’ it’s free for the very first year, it goes up to ninety nine cents per year after that. The app is available for Android smartphones, iOS, BlackBerry, Nokia (S40 and Symbian), and Windows Phone. Oddly, WhatsApp suffers from the same shortcoming as Kik — a lack of voice calling — tho’ it does have voice messages. It’s gained fine popularity as a talk app that functionally substitutes SMS, while also being able to send group messages, pictures and movies, as well as GPS coordinates.

(This ranking is based on data compiled from the app makers, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers’s two thousand fourteen Internet Trends report, and RW.)

If you liked this story, go after me on Twitter to get more like it.

Here Are the nine Most Popular Messaging Apps in the World

For a lot of people, the stock text messaging apps that come with their phone might be all they need to get by and communicate with the lot in their address book via text and pictures. The standard call feature might be all they need for talking, and Skype or FaceTime may please their video-call needs. But for millions, and perhaps billions, these applications are not enough, either because of lack of features, powerless integration, disagreeable style, or anything else a user can find unsatisfactory.

9. Kik

Kik has been growing prompt, as the company reported fifty million users in April of two thousand thirteen and one hundred million users that same November. Now it claims to have one hundred twenty million users, tho’ RW reports a base of one hundred thirty million registered users for the app. Whatever the case, the app is doing well for itself and likely to proceed doing so. On Google Play, the app has a Four.5-star rating after over 839,000 votes.

8. Nimbuzz

7. Tango

At this point, it may be useful to clarify the difference inbetween some of these numbers. The number of subscribed users an app has shows how many people have downloaded and set up an account to use the app. Some people may choose not to use the app after that. The number of monthly active users shows how many people actually use the app each month. Unluckily, not all apps make both types of information known and it can be unlikely to get a ideal comparison. For that reason, some of these apps may actually rank differently depending on what aspect is compared, tho’ they all can still be regarded as the most popular apps around.

6. Viber

Five. Snapchat

This is one most of you will very likely have already, or at least have heard about. Snapchat is available for iOS and Android smartphones, but has limited specific version of the app for Android tablets, BlackBerry and Kindle devices, and Windows Phone are not available — however Snapchat is interested in knowing who wants support for what. This app is known for popularizing the ephemeral message, permitting users to send pictures, movies, and now even text messages that will vanish after a brief amount of time. Another feature permits users to create a set of photos that they share with everyone for a longer amount of time.

Four. KakaoTalk

Trio. Line

Once again, this is a communication app that offers all the typical accouterments of such an app. It has its movie calls, its got the voice calls, and it has the text messaging, boasting over Ten,000 stickers to round out the practice with meticulously pleasant characters display every conceivable emotion. The app also links to games connected games — often featuring the popular sticker characters — so users can love more with their contacts. With the “Shake It” feature and QR codes, it’s also elementary to add friends that aren’t already in your contacts. Like some others, it also has a newsfeed for lightly updating everyone all at once.

Kicking off in Japan and growing out to the rest of the world, Line has proved an exceptionally popular communication app. It’s available on iOS, Android, BlackBerry, Windows Phone, Asha, Firefox OS, Windows, and Mac OS — however some available services differ depending on operating system. It claims over four hundred forty million users in two hundred thirty one countries on it’s Google Play page and KPCB reports it had two hundred eighty million monthly active users in two thousand thirteen sending ten billion messages per day. Over Three.1 million Android users have given it just over a 4-star rating.

Disclaimer: I have used Line for just over two years now and vouch for it to my friends left and right. Not that it matters, since this ranking is based on stats, not private taste.

Two. WeChat

WeChat is available for iOS, Mac OS, Android, Windows Phone, Nokia (S40 and Symbian), BlackBerry (OS Five.0, 6.0, and BB10), as well as through a browser. The app has talk and movie calls that function like the others, however its voice talk is particularly different. Instead of having a permanently streaming conversation, you send brief voice messages — certainly helpful if you have a limited data plan. Like Line, it has a jiggle feature for lightly connecting with fresh contacts. It also has a GPS-based friend finder for meeting fresh people nearby. Also, similar to Nimbuzz, it has the capability to connect to Facebook.

1. WhatsApp

Apart from being the most popular app on this list, it may also be the most well known. For one, its acquisition by Facebook for $16 billion drew a lot of attention. Also, WhatsApp has done something the others haven’t: stopped being free. However it’s free for the very first year, it goes up to ninety nine cents per year after that. The app is available for Android smartphones, iOS, BlackBerry, Nokia (S40 and Symbian), and Windows Phone. Oddly, WhatsApp suffers from the same shortcoming as Kik — a lack of voice calling — however it does have voice messages. It’s gained fine popularity as a talk app that functionally substitutes SMS, while also being able to send group messages, pictures and movies, as well as GPS coordinates.

(This ranking is based on data compiled from the app makers, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers’s two thousand fourteen Internet Trends report, and RW.)

If you liked this story, go after me on Twitter to get more like it.

Here Are the nine Most Popular Messaging Apps in the World

For a lot of people, the stock text messaging apps that come with their phone might be all they need to get by and communicate with the lot in their address book via text and pictures. The standard call feature might be all they need for talking, and Skype or FaceTime may please their video-call needs. But for millions, and perhaps billions, these applications are not enough, either because of lack of features, powerless integration, disagreeable style, or anything else a user can find unsatisfactory.

9. Kik

Kik has been growing prompt, as the company reported fifty million users in April of two thousand thirteen and one hundred million users that same November. Now it claims to have one hundred twenty million users, tho’ RW reports a base of one hundred thirty million registered users for the app. Whatever the case, the app is doing well for itself and likely to proceed doing so. On Google Play, the app has a Four.5-star rating after over 839,000 votes.

8. Nimbuzz

7. Tango

At this point, it may be useful to clarify the difference inbetween some of these numbers. The number of subscribed users an app has shows how many people have downloaded and set up an account to use the app. Some people may choose not to use the app after that. The number of monthly active users shows how many people actually use the app each month. Unluckily, not all apps make both types of information known and it can be unlikely to get a ideal comparison. For that reason, some of these apps may actually rank differently depending on what aspect is compared, tho’ they all can still be regarded as the most popular apps around.

6. Viber

Five. Snapchat

This is one most of you will most likely have already, or at least have heard about. Snapchat is available for iOS and Android smartphones, but has limited specific version of the app for Android tablets, BlackBerry and Kindle devices, and Windows Phone are not available — however Snapchat is interested in knowing who wants support for what. This app is known for popularizing the ephemeral message, permitting users to send pictures, movies, and now even text messages that will vanish after a brief amount of time. Another feature permits users to create a set of pictures that they share with everyone for a longer amount of time.

Four. KakaoTalk

Trio. Line

Once again, this is a communication app that offers all the typical accouterments of such an app. It has its movie calls, its got the voice calls, and it has the text messaging, boasting over Ten,000 stickers to round out the practice with scrupulously pleasant characters display every conceivable emotion. The app also links to games connected games — often featuring the popular sticker characters — so users can love more with their contacts. With the “Shake It” feature and QR codes, it’s also elementary to add friends that aren’t already in your contacts. Like some others, it also has a newsfeed for lightly updating everyone all at once.

Kicking off in Japan and growing out to the rest of the world, Line has proved an amazingly popular communication app. It’s available on iOS, Android, BlackBerry, Windows Phone, Asha, Firefox OS, Windows, and Mac OS — tho’ some available services differ depending on operating system. It claims over four hundred forty million users in two hundred thirty one countries on it’s Google Play page and KPCB reports it had two hundred eighty million monthly active users in two thousand thirteen sending ten billion messages per day. Over Three.1 million Android users have given it just over a 4-star rating.

Disclaimer: I have used Line for just over two years now and vouch for it to my friends left and right. Not that it matters, since this ranking is based on stats, not private taste.

Two. WeChat

1. WhatsApp

Apart from being the most popular app on this list, it may also be the most legendary. For one, its acquisition by Facebook for $16 billion drew a lot of attention. Also, WhatsApp has done something the others haven’t: stopped being free. Tho’ it’s free for the very first year, it goes up to ninety nine cents per year after that. The app is available for Android smartphones, iOS, BlackBerry, Nokia (S40 and Symbian), and Windows Phone. Oddly, WhatsApp suffers from the same shortcoming as Kik — a lack of voice calling — tho’ it does have voice messages. It’s gained good popularity as a talk app that functionally substitutes SMS, while also being able to send group messages, pictures and movies, as well as GPS coordinates.

(This ranking is based on data compiled from the app makers, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers’s two thousand fourteen Internet Trends report, and RW.)

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Here Are the nine Most Popular Messaging Apps in the World

9. Kik

8. Nimbuzz

7. Tango

At this point, it may be useful to clarify the difference inbetween some of these numbers. The number of subscribed users an app has shows how many people have downloaded and set up an account to use the app. Some people may choose not to use the app after that. The number of monthly active users shows how many people actually use the app each month. Unluckily, not all apps make both types of information known and it can be unlikely to get a flawless comparison. For that reason, some of these apps may actually rank differently depending on what aspect is compared, however they all can still be regarded as the most popular apps around.

6. Viber

Five. Snapchat

This is one most of you will very likely have already, or at least have heard about. Snapchat is available for iOS and Android smartphones, but has limited specific version of the app for Android tablets, BlackBerry and Kindle devices, and Windows Phone are not available — tho’ Snapchat is interested in knowing who wants support for what. This app is known for popularizing the ephemeral message, permitting users to send pictures, movies, and now even text messages that will vanish after a brief amount of time. Another feature permits users to create a set of pictures that they share with everyone for a longer amount of time.

Four. KakaoTalk

Trio. Line

Once again, this is a communication app that offers all the typical accouterments of such an app. It has its movie calls, its got the voice calls, and it has the text messaging, boasting over Ten,000 stickers to round out the practice with meticulously pleasant characters display every conceivable emotion. The app also links to games connected games — often featuring the popular sticker characters — so users can love more with their contacts. With the “Shake It” feature and QR codes, it’s also ordinary to add friends that aren’t already in your contacts. Like some others, it also has a newsfeed for lightly updating everyone all at once.

Disclaimer: I have used Line for just over two years now and vouch for it to my friends left and right. Not that it matters, since this ranking is based on stats, not private taste.

Two. WeChat

WeChat is available for iOS, Mac OS, Android, Windows Phone, Nokia (S40 and Symbian), BlackBerry (OS Five.0, 6.0, and BB10), as well as through a browser. The app has talk and movie calls that function like the others, however its voice talk is particularly different. Instead of having a permanently streaming conversation, you send brief voice messages — certainly helpful if you have a limited data plan. Like Line, it has a wiggle feature for lightly connecting with fresh contacts. It also has a GPS-based friend finder for meeting fresh people nearby. Also, similar to Nimbuzz, it has the capability to connect to Facebook.

1. WhatsApp

Apart from being the most popular app on this list, it may also be the most well known. For one, its acquisition by Facebook for $16 billion drew a lot of attention. Also, WhatsApp has done something the others haven’t: stopped being free. However it’s free for the very first year, it goes up to ninety nine cents per year after that. The app is available for Android smartphones, iOS, BlackBerry, Nokia (S40 and Symbian), and Windows Phone. Oddly, WhatsApp suffers from the same shortcoming as Kik — a lack of voice calling — however it does have voice messages. It’s gained good popularity as a talk app that functionally substitutes SMS, while also being able to send group messages, pictures and movies, as well as GPS coordinates.

(This ranking is based on data compiled from the app makers, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers’s two thousand fourteen Internet Trends report, and RW.)

If you liked this story, go after me on Twitter to get more like it.

Here Are the nine Most Popular Messaging Apps in the World

For a lot of people, the stock text messaging apps that come with their phone might be all they need to get by and communicate with the lot in their address book via text and pictures. The standard call feature might be all they need for talking, and Skype or FaceTime may please their video-call needs. But for millions, and perhaps billions, these applications are not enough, either because of lack of features, feeble integration, disagreeable style, or anything else a user can find unsatisfactory.

9. Kik

8. Nimbuzz

7. Tango

6. Viber

Five. Snapchat

This is one most of you will most likely have already, or at least have heard about. Snapchat is available for iOS and Android smartphones, but has limited specific version of the app for Android tablets, BlackBerry and Kindle devices, and Windows Phone are not available — however Snapchat is interested in knowing who wants support for what. This app is known for popularizing the ephemeral message, permitting users to send pictures, movies, and now even text messages that will vanish after a brief amount of time. Another feature permits users to create a set of pictures that they share with everyone for a longer amount of time.

Four. KakaoTalk

Trio. Line

Once again, this is a communication app that offers all the typical accouterments of such an app. It has its movie calls, its got the voice calls, and it has the text messaging, boasting over Ten,000 stickers to round out the practice with scrupulously pleasant characters display every conceivable emotion. The app also links to games connected games — often featuring the popular sticker characters — so users can love more with their contacts. With the “Shake It” feature and QR codes, it’s also plain to add friends that aren’t already in your contacts. Like some others, it also has a newsfeed for lightly updating everyone all at once.

Commencing in Japan and growing out to the rest of the world, Line has proved an amazingly popular communication app. It’s available on iOS, Android, BlackBerry, Windows Phone, Asha, Firefox OS, Windows, and Mac OS — however some available services differ depending on operating system. It claims over four hundred forty million users in two hundred thirty one countries on it’s Google Play page and KPCB reports it had two hundred eighty million monthly active users in two thousand thirteen sending ten billion messages per day. Over Trio.1 million Android users have given it just over a 4-star rating.

Disclaimer: I have used Line for just over two years now and vouch for it to my friends left and right. Not that it matters, since this ranking is based on stats, not individual taste.

Two. WeChat

WeChat is available for iOS, Mac OS, Android, Windows Phone, Nokia (S40 and Symbian), BlackBerry (OS Five.0, 6.0, and BB10), as well as through a browser. The app has talk and movie calls that function like the others, tho’ its voice talk is particularly different. Instead of having a permanently streaming conversation, you send brief voice messages — certainly helpful if you have a limited data plan. Like Line, it has a wiggle feature for lightly connecting with fresh contacts. It also has a GPS-based friend finder for meeting fresh people nearby. Also, similar to Nimbuzz, it has the capability to connect to Facebook.

1. WhatsApp

Apart from being the most popular app on this list, it may also be the most famous. For one, its acquisition by Facebook for $16 billion drew a lot of attention. Also, WhatsApp has done something the others haven’t: stopped being free. Tho’ it’s free for the very first year, it goes up to ninety nine cents per year after that. The app is available for Android smartphones, iOS, BlackBerry, Nokia (S40 and Symbian), and Windows Phone. Oddly, WhatsApp suffers from the same shortcoming as Kik — a lack of voice calling — tho’ it does have voice messages. It’s gained good popularity as a talk app that functionally substitutes SMS, while also being able to send group messages, pictures and movies, as well as GPS coordinates.

(This ranking is based on data compiled from the app makers, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers’s two thousand fourteen Internet Trends report, and RW.)

If you liked this story, go after me on Twitter to get more like it.

Here Are the nine Most Popular Messaging Apps in the World

9. Kik

8. Nimbuzz

7. Tango

At this point, it may be useful to clarify the difference inbetween some of these numbers. The number of subscribed users an app has shows how many people have downloaded and set up an account to use the app. Some people may choose not to use the app after that. The number of monthly active users shows how many people actually use the app each month. Unluckily, not all apps make both types of information known and it can be unlikely to get a ideal comparison. For that reason, some of these apps may actually rank differently depending on what aspect is compared, tho’ they all can still be regarded as the most popular apps around.

6. Viber

Five. Snapchat

This is one most of you will most likely have already, or at least have heard about. Snapchat is available for iOS and Android smartphones, but has limited specific version of the app for Android tablets, BlackBerry and Kindle devices, and Windows Phone are not available — tho’ Snapchat is interested in knowing who wants support for what. This app is known for popularizing the ephemeral message, permitting users to send pictures, movies, and now even text messages that will vanish after a brief amount of time. Another feature permits users to create a set of pictures that they share with everyone for a longer amount of time.

Four. KakaoTalk

Three. Line

Once again, this is a communication app that offers all the typical accouterments of such an app. It has its movie calls, its got the voice calls, and it has the text messaging, boasting over Ten,000 stickers to round out the practice with scrupulously pleasant characters display every conceivable emotion. The app also links to games connected games — often featuring the popular sticker characters — so users can love more with their contacts. With the “Shake It” feature and QR codes, it’s also elementary to add friends that aren’t already in your contacts. Like some others, it also has a newsfeed for lightly updating everyone all at once.

Commencing in Japan and growing out to the rest of the world, Line has proved an exceptionally popular communication app. It’s available on iOS, Android, BlackBerry, Windows Phone, Asha, Firefox OS, Windows, and Mac OS — however some available services differ depending on operating system. It claims over four hundred forty million users in two hundred thirty one countries on it’s Google Play page and KPCB reports it had two hundred eighty million monthly active users in two thousand thirteen sending ten billion messages per day. Over Trio.1 million Android users have given it just over a 4-star rating.

Disclaimer: I have used Line for just over two years now and vouch for it to my friends left and right. Not that it matters, since this ranking is based on stats, not individual taste.

Two. WeChat

WeChat is available for iOS, Mac OS, Android, Windows Phone, Nokia (S40 and Symbian), BlackBerry (OS Five.0, 6.0, and BB10), as well as through a browser. The app has talk and movie calls that function like the others, however its voice talk is particularly different. Instead of having a permanently streaming conversation, you send brief voice messages — undoubtedly helpful if you have a limited data plan. Like Line, it has a wiggle feature for lightly connecting with fresh contacts. It also has a GPS-based friend finder for meeting fresh people nearby. Also, similar to Nimbuzz, it has the capability to connect to Facebook.

1. WhatsApp

Apart from being the most popular app on this list, it may also be the most legendary. For one, its acquisition by Facebook for $16 billion drew a lot of attention. Also, WhatsApp has done something the others haven’t: stopped being free. However it’s free for the very first year, it goes up to ninety nine cents per year after that. The app is available for Android smartphones, iOS, BlackBerry, Nokia (S40 and Symbian), and Windows Phone. Oddly, WhatsApp suffers from the same shortcoming as Kik — a lack of voice calling — however it does have voice messages. It’s gained good popularity as a talk app that functionally substitutes SMS, while also being able to send group messages, pictures and movies, as well as GPS coordinates.

(This ranking is based on data compiled from the app makers, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers’s two thousand fourteen Internet Trends report, and RW.)

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Here Are the nine Most Popular Messaging Apps in the World

For a lot of people, the stock text messaging apps that come with their phone might be all they need to get by and communicate with the lot in their address book via text and pictures. The standard call feature might be all they need for talking, and Skype or FaceTime may please their video-call needs. But for millions, and perhaps billions, these applications are not enough, either because of lack of features, powerless integration, disagreeable style, or anything else a user can find unsatisfactory.

9. Kik

Kik has been growing prompt, as the company reported fifty million users in April of two thousand thirteen and one hundred million users that same November. Now it claims to have one hundred twenty million users, tho’ RW reports a base of one hundred thirty million registered users for the app. Whatever the case, the app is doing well for itself and likely to proceed doing so. On Google Play, the app has a Four.5-star rating after over 839,000 votes.

8. Nimbuzz

7. Tango

6. Viber

Five. Snapchat

This is one most of you will most likely have already, or at least have heard about. Snapchat is available for iOS and Android smartphones, but has limited specific version of the app for Android tablets, BlackBerry and Kindle devices, and Windows Phone are not available — tho’ Snapchat is interested in knowing who wants support for what. This app is known for popularizing the ephemeral message, permitting users to send pictures, movies, and now even text messages that will vanish after a brief amount of time. Another feature permits users to create a set of pictures that they share with everyone for a longer amount of time.

Four. KakaoTalk

Trio. Line

Once again, this is a communication app that offers all the typical accouterments of such an app. It has its movie calls, its got the voice calls, and it has the text messaging, boasting over Ten,000 stickers to round out the practice with meticulously pleasant characters display every conceivable emotion. The app also links to games connected games — often featuring the popular sticker characters — so users can love more with their contacts. With the “Shake It” feature and QR codes, it’s also plain to add friends that aren’t already in your contacts. Like some others, it also has a newsfeed for lightly updating everyone all at once.

Embarking in Japan and growing out to the rest of the world, Line has proved an amazingly popular communication app. It’s available on iOS, Android, BlackBerry, Windows Phone, Asha, Firefox OS, Windows, and Mac OS — tho’ some available services differ depending on operating system. It claims over four hundred forty million users in two hundred thirty one countries on it’s Google Play page and KPCB reports it had two hundred eighty million monthly active users in two thousand thirteen sending ten billion messages per day. Over Trio.1 million Android users have given it just over a 4-star rating.

Disclaimer: I have used Line for just over two years now and vouch for it to my friends left and right. Not that it matters, since this ranking is based on stats, not individual taste.

Two. WeChat

WeChat is available for iOS, Mac OS, Android, Windows Phone, Nokia (S40 and Symbian), BlackBerry (OS Five.0, 6.0, and BB10), as well as through a browser. The app has talk and movie calls that function like the others, however its voice talk is particularly different. Instead of having a permanently streaming conversation, you send brief voice messages — certainly helpful if you have a limited data plan. Like Line, it has a jiggle feature for lightly connecting with fresh contacts. It also has a GPS-based friend finder for meeting fresh people nearby. Also, similar to Nimbuzz, it has the capability to connect to Facebook.

1. WhatsApp

Apart from being the most popular app on this list, it may also be the most well known. For one, its acquisition by Facebook for $16 billion drew a lot of attention. Also, WhatsApp has done something the others haven’t: stopped being free. However it’s free for the very first year, it goes up to ninety nine cents per year after that. The app is available for Android smartphones, iOS, BlackBerry, Nokia (S40 and Symbian), and Windows Phone. Oddly, WhatsApp suffers from the same shortcoming as Kik — a lack of voice calling — however it does have voice messages. It’s gained superb popularity as a talk app that functionally substitutes SMS, while also being able to send group messages, pictures and movies, as well as GPS coordinates.

(This ranking is based on data compiled from the app makers, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers’s two thousand fourteen Internet Trends report, and RW.)

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Here Are the nine Most Popular Messaging Apps in the World

For a lot of people, the stock text messaging apps that come with their phone might be all they need to get by and communicate with the lot in their address book via text and pictures. The standard call feature might be all they need for talking, and Skype or FaceTime may sate their video-call needs. But for millions, and perhaps billions, these applications are not enough, either because of lack of features, feeble integration, disagreeable style, or anything else a user can find unsatisfactory.

9. Kik

8. Nimbuzz

7. Tango

6. Viber

Five. Snapchat

This is one most of you will most likely have already, or at least have heard about. Snapchat is available for iOS and Android smartphones, but has limited specific version of the app for Android tablets, BlackBerry and Kindle devices, and Windows Phone are not available — however Snapchat is interested in knowing who wants support for what. This app is known for popularizing the ephemeral message, permitting users to send pictures, movies, and now even text messages that will vanish after a brief amount of time. Another feature permits users to create a set of pics that they share with everyone for a longer amount of time.

Four. KakaoTalk

Three. Line

Once again, this is a communication app that offers all the typical accouterments of such an app. It has its movie calls, its got the voice calls, and it has the text messaging, boasting over Ten,000 stickers to round out the practice with meticulously pleasant characters display every conceivable emotion. The app also links to games connected games — often featuring the popular sticker characters — so users can love more with their contacts. With the “Shake It” feature and QR codes, it’s also ordinary to add friends that aren’t already in your contacts. Like some others, it also has a newsfeed for lightly updating everyone all at once.

Embarking in Japan and growing out to the rest of the world, Line has proved an amazingly popular communication app. It’s available on iOS, Android, BlackBerry, Windows Phone, Asha, Firefox OS, Windows, and Mac OS — tho’ some available services differ depending on operating system. It claims over four hundred forty million users in two hundred thirty one countries on it’s Google Play page and KPCB reports it had two hundred eighty million monthly active users in two thousand thirteen sending ten billion messages per day. Over Trio.1 million Android users have given it just over a 4-star rating.

Disclaimer: I have used Line for just over two years now and vouch for it to my friends left and right. Not that it matters, since this ranking is based on stats, not individual taste.

Two. WeChat

1. WhatsApp

Apart from being the most popular app on this list, it may also be the most legendary. For one, its acquisition by Facebook for $16 billion drew a lot of attention. Also, WhatsApp has done something the others haven’t: stopped being free. Tho’ it’s free for the very first year, it goes up to ninety nine cents per year after that. The app is available for Android smartphones, iOS, BlackBerry, Nokia (S40 and Symbian), and Windows Phone. Oddly, WhatsApp suffers from the same shortcoming as Kik — a lack of voice calling — however it does have voice messages. It’s gained excellent popularity as a talk app that functionally substitutes SMS, while also being able to send group messages, pictures and movies, as well as GPS coordinates.

(This ranking is based on data compiled from the app makers, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers’s two thousand fourteen Internet Trends report, and RW.)

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Here Are the nine Most Popular Messaging Apps in the World

For a lot of people, the stock text messaging apps that come with their phone might be all they need to get by and communicate with the lot in their address book via text and pictures. The standard call feature might be all they need for talking, and Skype or FaceTime may please their video-call needs. But for millions, and perhaps billions, these applications are not enough, either because of lack of features, feeble integration, disagreeable style, or anything else a user can find unsatisfactory.

9. Kik

Kik has been growing rapid, as the company reported fifty million users in April of two thousand thirteen and one hundred million users that same November. Now it claims to have one hundred twenty million users, however RW reports a base of one hundred thirty million registered users for the app. Whatever the case, the app is doing well for itself and likely to proceed doing so. On Google Play, the app has a Four.5-star rating after over 839,000 votes.

8. Nimbuzz

7. Tango

At this point, it may be useful to clarify the difference inbetween some of these numbers. The number of subscribed users an app has shows how many people have downloaded and set up an account to use the app. Some people may choose not to use the app after that. The number of monthly active users shows how many people actually use the app each month. Unluckily, not all apps make both types of information known and it can be unlikely to get a flawless comparison. For that reason, some of these apps may actually rank differently depending on what aspect is compared, tho’ they all can still be regarded as the most popular apps around.

6. Viber

Five. Snapchat

Four. KakaoTalk

Three. Line

Once again, this is a communication app that offers all the typical accouterments of such an app. It has its movie calls, its got the voice calls, and it has the text messaging, boasting over Ten,000 stickers to round out the practice with meticulously pleasant characters display every conceivable emotion. The app also links to games connected games — often featuring the popular sticker characters — so users can love more with their contacts. With the “Shake It” feature and QR codes, it’s also elementary to add friends that aren’t already in your contacts. Like some others, it also has a newsfeed for lightly updating everyone all at once.

Disclaimer: I have used Line for just over two years now and vouch for it to my friends left and right. Not that it matters, since this ranking is based on stats, not individual taste.

Two. WeChat

WeChat is available for iOS, Mac OS, Android, Windows Phone, Nokia (S40 and Symbian), BlackBerry (OS Five.0, 6.0, and BB10), as well as through a browser. The app has talk and movie calls that function like the others, tho’ its voice talk is particularly different. Instead of having a permanently streaming conversation, you send brief voice messages — certainly helpful if you have a limited data plan. Like Line, it has a wiggle feature for lightly connecting with fresh contacts. It also has a GPS-based friend finder for meeting fresh people nearby. Also, similar to Nimbuzz, it has the capability to connect to Facebook.

1. WhatsApp

(This ranking is based on data compiled from the app makers, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers’s two thousand fourteen Internet Trends report, and RW.)

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Here Are the nine Most Popular Messaging Apps in the World

For a lot of people, the stock text messaging apps that come with their phone might be all they need to get by and communicate with the lot in their address book via text and pictures. The standard call feature might be all they need for talking, and Skype or FaceTime may please their video-call needs. But for millions, and perhaps billions, these applications are not enough, either because of lack of features, powerless integration, disagreeable style, or anything else a user can find unsatisfactory.

9. Kik

8. Nimbuzz

7. Tango

At this point, it may be useful to clarify the difference inbetween some of these numbers. The number of subscribed users an app has shows how many people have downloaded and set up an account to use the app. Some people may choose not to use the app after that. The number of monthly active users shows how many people actually use the app each month. Unluckily, not all apps make both types of information known and it can be unlikely to get a flawless comparison. For that reason, some of these apps may actually rank differently depending on what aspect is compared, tho’ they all can still be regarded as the most popular apps around.

6. Viber

Five. Snapchat

This is one most of you will most likely have already, or at least have heard about. Snapchat is available for iOS and Android smartphones, but has limited specific version of the app for Android tablets, BlackBerry and Kindle devices, and Windows Phone are not available — however Snapchat is interested in knowing who wants support for what. This app is known for popularizing the ephemeral message, permitting users to send pictures, movies, and now even text messages that will vanish after a brief amount of time. Another feature permits users to create a set of pictures that they share with everyone for a longer amount of time.

Four. KakaoTalk

Three. Line

Once again, this is a communication app that offers all the typical accouterments of such an app. It has its movie calls, its got the voice calls, and it has the text messaging, boasting over Ten,000 stickers to round out the practice with scrupulously pleasant characters display every conceivable emotion. The app also links to games connected games — often featuring the popular sticker characters — so users can love more with their contacts. With the “Shake It” feature and QR codes, it’s also plain to add friends that aren’t already in your contacts. Like some others, it also has a newsfeed for lightly updating everyone all at once.

Beginning in Japan and growing out to the rest of the world, Line has proved an amazingly popular communication app. It’s available on iOS, Android, BlackBerry, Windows Phone, Asha, Firefox OS, Windows, and Mac OS — however some available services differ depending on operating system. It claims over four hundred forty million users in two hundred thirty one countries on it’s Google Play page and KPCB reports it had two hundred eighty million monthly active users in two thousand thirteen sending ten billion messages per day. Over Trio.1 million Android users have given it just over a 4-star rating.

Disclaimer: I have used Line for just over two years now and vouch for it to my friends left and right. Not that it matters, since this ranking is based on stats, not individual taste.

Two. WeChat

WeChat is available for iOS, Mac OS, Android, Windows Phone, Nokia (S40 and Symbian), BlackBerry (OS Five.0, 6.0, and BB10), as well as through a browser. The app has talk and movie calls that function like the others, however its voice talk is particularly different. Instead of having a permanently streaming conversation, you send brief voice messages — certainly helpful if you have a limited data plan. Like Line, it has a wiggle feature for lightly connecting with fresh contacts. It also has a GPS-based friend finder for meeting fresh people nearby. Also, similar to Nimbuzz, it has the capability to connect to Facebook.

1. WhatsApp

Apart from being the most popular app on this list, it may also be the most famous. For one, its acquisition by Facebook for $16 billion drew a lot of attention. Also, WhatsApp has done something the others haven’t: stopped being free. However it’s free for the very first year, it goes up to ninety nine cents per year after that. The app is available for Android smartphones, iOS, BlackBerry, Nokia (S40 and Symbian), and Windows Phone. Oddly, WhatsApp suffers from the same shortcoming as Kik — a lack of voice calling — however it does have voice messages. It’s gained superb popularity as a talk app that functionally substitutes SMS, while also being able to send group messages, pictures and movies, as well as GPS coordinates.

(This ranking is based on data compiled from the app makers, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers’s two thousand fourteen Internet Trends report, and RW.)

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Here Are the nine Most Popular Messaging Apps in the World

For a lot of people, the stock text messaging apps that come with their phone might be all they need to get by and communicate with the lot in their address book via text and pictures. The standard call feature might be all they need for talking, and Skype or FaceTime may sate their video-call needs. But for millions, and perhaps billions, these applications are not enough, either because of lack of features, feeble integration, disagreeable style, or anything else a user can find unsatisfactory.

9. Kik

8. Nimbuzz

7. Tango

6. Viber

Five. Snapchat

This is one most of you will very likely have already, or at least have heard about. Snapchat is available for iOS and Android smartphones, but has limited specific version of the app for Android tablets, BlackBerry and Kindle devices, and Windows Phone are not available — however Snapchat is interested in knowing who wants support for what. This app is known for popularizing the ephemeral message, permitting users to send pictures, movies, and now even text messages that will vanish after a brief amount of time. Another feature permits users to create a set of pictures that they share with everyone for a longer amount of time.

Four. KakaoTalk

Three. Line

Once again, this is a communication app that offers all the typical accouterments of such an app. It has its movie calls, its got the voice calls, and it has the text messaging, boasting over Ten,000 stickers to round out the practice with meticulously pleasant characters display every conceivable emotion. The app also links to games connected games — often featuring the popular sticker characters — so users can love more with their contacts. With the “Shake It” feature and QR codes, it’s also ordinary to add friends that aren’t already in your contacts. Like some others, it also has a newsfeed for lightly updating everyone all at once.

Kicking off in Japan and growing out to the rest of the world, Line has proved an exceptionally popular communication app. It’s available on iOS, Android, BlackBerry, Windows Phone, Asha, Firefox OS, Windows, and Mac OS — however some available services differ depending on operating system. It claims over four hundred forty million users in two hundred thirty one countries on it’s Google Play page and KPCB reports it had two hundred eighty million monthly active users in two thousand thirteen sending ten billion messages per day. Over Trio.1 million Android users have given it just over a 4-star rating.

Disclaimer: I have used Line for just over two years now and vouch for it to my friends left and right. Not that it matters, since this ranking is based on stats, not individual taste.

Two. WeChat

WeChat is available for iOS, Mac OS, Android, Windows Phone, Nokia (S40 and Symbian), BlackBerry (OS Five.0, 6.0, and BB10), as well as through a browser. The app has talk and movie calls that function like the others, however its voice talk is particularly different. Instead of having a permanently streaming conversation, you send brief voice messages — undoubtedly helpful if you have a limited data plan. Like Line, it has a wiggle feature for lightly connecting with fresh contacts. It also has a GPS-based friend finder for meeting fresh people nearby. Also, similar to Nimbuzz, it has the capability to connect to Facebook.

1. WhatsApp

Apart from being the most popular app on this list, it may also be the most legendary. For one, its acquisition by Facebook for $16 billion drew a lot of attention. Also, WhatsApp has done something the others haven’t: stopped being free. However it’s free for the very first year, it goes up to ninety nine cents per year after that. The app is available for Android smartphones, iOS, BlackBerry, Nokia (S40 and Symbian), and Windows Phone. Oddly, WhatsApp suffers from the same shortcoming as Kik — a lack of voice calling — tho’ it does have voice messages. It’s gained superb popularity as a talk app that functionally substitutes SMS, while also being able to send group messages, pictures and movies, as well as GPS coordinates.

(This ranking is based on data compiled from the app makers, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers’s two thousand fourteen Internet Trends report, and RW.)

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Here Are the nine Most Popular Messaging Apps in the World

9. Kik

Kik has been growing quick, as the company reported fifty million users in April of two thousand thirteen and one hundred million users that same November. Now it claims to have one hundred twenty million users, tho’ RW reports a base of one hundred thirty million registered users for the app. Whatever the case, the app is doing well for itself and likely to proceed doing so. On Google Play, the app has a Four.5-star rating after over 839,000 votes.

8. Nimbuzz

7. Tango

6. Viber

Five. Snapchat

This is one most of you will most likely have already, or at least have heard about. Snapchat is available for iOS and Android smartphones, but has limited specific version of the app for Android tablets, BlackBerry and Kindle devices, and Windows Phone are not available — however Snapchat is interested in knowing who wants support for what. This app is known for popularizing the ephemeral message, permitting users to send pictures, movies, and now even text messages that will vanish after a brief amount of time. Another feature permits users to create a set of pictures that they share with everyone for a longer amount of time.

Four. KakaoTalk

Trio. Line

Once again, this is a communication app that offers all the typical accouterments of such an app. It has its movie calls, its got the voice calls, and it has the text messaging, boasting over Ten,000 stickers to round out the practice with scrupulously pleasant characters display every conceivable emotion. The app also links to games connected games — often featuring the popular sticker characters — so users can love more with their contacts. With the “Shake It” feature and QR codes, it’s also ordinary to add friends that aren’t already in your contacts. Like some others, it also has a newsfeed for lightly updating everyone all at once.

Kicking off in Japan and growing out to the rest of the world, Line has proved an exceptionally popular communication app. It’s available on iOS, Android, BlackBerry, Windows Phone, Asha, Firefox OS, Windows, and Mac OS — however some available services differ depending on operating system. It claims over four hundred forty million users in two hundred thirty one countries on it’s Google Play page and KPCB reports it had two hundred eighty million monthly active users in two thousand thirteen sending ten billion messages per day. Over Trio.1 million Android users have given it just over a 4-star rating.

Disclaimer: I have used Line for just over two years now and vouch for it to my friends left and right. Not that it matters, since this ranking is based on stats, not individual taste.

Two. WeChat

WeChat is available for iOS, Mac OS, Android, Windows Phone, Nokia (S40 and Symbian), BlackBerry (OS Five.0, 6.0, and BB10), as well as through a browser. The app has talk and movie calls that function like the others, however its voice talk is particularly different. Instead of having a permanently streaming conversation, you send brief voice messages — undoubtedly helpful if you have a limited data plan. Like Line, it has a jiggle feature for lightly connecting with fresh contacts. It also has a GPS-based friend finder for meeting fresh people nearby. Also, similar to Nimbuzz, it has the capability to connect to Facebook.

1. WhatsApp

Apart from being the most popular app on this list, it may also be the most famous. For one, its acquisition by Facebook for $16 billion drew a lot of attention. Also, WhatsApp has done something the others haven’t: stopped being free. However it’s free for the very first year, it goes up to ninety nine cents per year after that. The app is available for Android smartphones, iOS, BlackBerry, Nokia (S40 and Symbian), and Windows Phone. Oddly, WhatsApp suffers from the same shortcoming as Kik — a lack of voice calling — tho’ it does have voice messages. It’s gained good popularity as a talk app that functionally substitutes SMS, while also being able to send group messages, pictures and movies, as well as GPS coordinates.

(This ranking is based on data compiled from the app makers, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers’s two thousand fourteen Internet Trends report, and RW.)

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