WhatsApp hits 1 billion installs on Android, the second non-Google app to do so
While many questioned whether Facebook had paid too much to acquire WhatsApp last year, the mobile messaging app’s already formidable numbers continue to impress more than 12 months on.
Indeed, WhatsApp for Android has now notched up a staggering one billion downloads on Android alone, making it only the second non Google app to achieve this milestone. We know this because Google Play publishes installation ranges for each app, and in WhatsApp’s case this now shows as being between 1 billion and 5 billion downloads.
Of course, this doesn’t mean that one billion people on Android are actively using the app back in January, WhatsApp revealed it has 700 million monthly active users (MAU) across iOS and Android, 70 percent of whom are active each and every day. Two months on, that MAU figure will no doubt have increased, but it’s hard to say exactly how many of the 1 billion-plus Android installs are active users.
While the $22 billion price tag may still seem a little hefty, Facebook knew what it was buying into when it took on the mobile messaging app last year it was future-proofing itself and ensuring it remained relevant as a company, at a time when there are so many different means of communication at our disposal.
While many questioned whether Facebook had paid too much to acquire WhatsApp last year, the mobile messaging app’s already formidable numbers continue to impress more than 12 months on.
Indeed, WhatsApp for Android has now notched up a staggering one billion downloads on Android alone, making it only the second non Google app to achieve this milestone. We know this because Google Play publishes installation ranges for each app, and in WhatsApp’s case this now shows as being between 1 billion and 5 billion downloads.
Of course, this doesn’t mean that one billion people on Android are actively using the app back in January, WhatsApp revealed it has 700 million monthly active users (MAU) across iOS and Android, 70 percent of whom are active each and every day. Two months on, that MAU figure will no doubt have increased, but it’s hard to say exactly how many of the 1 billion-plus Android installs are active users.
Also, it’s worth noting here that while Google calculates app downloads on a per account basis rather than per device, it doesn’t consider those who have uninstalled the app. So this doesn’t mean there are 1 billion people or devices out there with WhatsApp currently installed.Nonetheless, very few apps have achieved such a high number of downloads Gmail, Google Maps, and YouTube have managed it, while Facebook became the first non Google service to meet that magic milestone last year. Now with WhatsApp, Facebook has two applications with at least one billion Android installations each.
While the $22 billion price tag may still seem a little hefty, Facebook knew what it was buying into when it took on the mobile messaging app last year it was future-proofing itself and ensuring it remained relevant as a company, at a time when there are so many different means of communication at our disposal.
திருக்குறள்/ Thirukkural : எழுதியது/ wrote by: திருவள்ளுவர்/Thiruvalluvar
குறள் பால்/Section/Paal: அறத்துப்பால்/Virtue/Araththuppaal 1.
குறள் இயல்/ChapterGroup/Iyal: பாயிரவியல்/Prologue/Paayiraviyal 1.
அதிகாரம்/ Chapter/Adhigaram: வான்சிறப்பு/The Blessing of Rain/Vaansirappu 2
குறள் வரிசை/Number: 5
கெடுப்பதூஉம் கெட்டார்க்குச் சார்வாய்மற் றாங்கே
எடுப்பதூஉம் எல்லாம் மழை.
ஒலிபெயர்ப்பு/Transliteration
Ketuppadhooum Kettaarkkuch Chaarvaaimar Raange
Etuppadhooum Ellaam Mazhai
உரை(விளக்கம்)/ Explanation: பரிமேலழகர்
கெடுப்பதூஉம் - பூமியின்கண் வாழ்வாரைப் பெய்யாது நின்று கெடுப்பதூஉம்; கெட்டார்க்குச்சார்வாய் மற்று ஆங்கேஎடுப்பதூஉம்-அவ்வாறு கெட்டார்க்குத் துணையாய்ப் பெய்து முன் கெடுத்தாற் போல எடுப்பதூஉம்; எல்லாம் மழை - இவை எல்லாம் வல்லது மழை. ('மற்று' வினை மாற்றின்கண் வந்தது, ஆங்குஎன்பது மறுதலைத் தொழிலுவமத்தின்கண் வந்த உவமச்சொல். கேடும் ஆக்கமும் எய்துதற்கு உரியார் மக்கள் ஆதலின், 'கெட்டார்க்கு என்றார்'. 'எல்லாம்' என்றது, அம்மக்கள் முயற்சி வேறுபாடுகளால் கெடுத்தல் எடுத்தல்கள் தாம் பலவாதல் நோக்கி. 'வல்லது' என்பது அவாய் நிலையான் வந்தது. மழையினது ஆற்றல் கூறியவாறு.).
'Tis rain works all: it ruin spreads, then timely aid supplies;
As, in the happy days before, it bids the ruined rise
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