Whatsapp

Incredible Facts About WhatsApp.

1. WhatsApp founded in 2009 by former Yahoo! employees Brian Acton and Jan Koum .

2. Sequoia Capital invested $8 million in 2011.

3. 75% of users are active on a daily basis.

4. WhatsApp says they are adding 1 million users everyday.

5. They currently employ 50 people.

6. 32 engineers working on WhatsApp, i.e. one engineer is responsible for 17 million active users!!

7. 450 million active users in December.

8. Rising to 550 million active users according to Facebook’s press release.

9. The app is the 4th most downloaded app on Android .

10. WhatsApp doesn’t sell ads and zero have appeared on the app.

11. Twitter and Facebook had the chance to hire founder Brian Acton but didn’t!

12. The total value of the deal: $19 Billion ($4 billion in cash, $12 billion in stock, and $3 billion in restricted stock) .

13. $1 Billion Break-up fee should the deal not go through.

14. Jan Koum keeps a note from Brian taped to his desk that reads “No Ads! No Games! No Gimmicks!” To keep them focused on building a puremessaging experience.

15. WhatsApp spent ZERO cash on marketing, PR and user acquisition.

16. WhatsApp’s messaging volume is approaching the entire global telecom SMS volume

17. On Dec 31st 2014 users sent a total 80 billion messages during the day (3x increase from 2013).

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