WhatsApp Downloads & RevenueWhatsApp · App Store & Google Play
Breakout app #30 · iPhoneold app, new surgefeatured by Apple: Apps sociales indispensables (FR)updated 2 days ago (v26.44.72)17 years old
WhatsApp gets 1M+ downloads a day worldwide (AppInsider estimate, November 2026, rounded down to a band).
WhatsApp by WhatsApp Inc. is on App Store and Google Play. Active Users (MAU & DAU), Downloads, rankings, keywords, revenue, and rating totals.
✏️iOSAdded hidden keywords: sat, logic🚀AndroidNow shown next to Snapchat, Messenger, Keet - Private Encrypted Chat +2 more🔎AndroidTop 10 for “poppy playtime”🌟iOSFeatured by Apple: “ESSENCIAIS”✏️iOSKeywords changed🔎iOS#1 for “fampay”🔎iOSTop 10 for “chatgpt”🔎Android#1 for “massager”🌟iOSFeatured by Apple📈AndroidHit #1📦iOSUpdated to version 26.44.72🚀iOSNow shown next to Messenger, Zangi - Private Messenger, Telegram Messenger +2 more📈AndroidHit #1🎉iOSIn-app event: WhatsApp Events🆕iOSIts developer released another app: Stickers, una app de WhatsApp✏️AndroidRenamed📦AndroidVersion 2.26.41.77🆕AndroidFirst spotted by AppInsider📣AndroidStarted a new ad📣AndroidStarted a new ad
Full timeline · 223 events
- ✏️WhatsApp added hidden keywords: sat, logiciOSwords in the App Store's hidden keyword field (found by probing search)
- 🚀WhatsApp: now shown next to Snapchat, Messenger, Keet - Private Encrypted Chat +2 moreAndroidthe store's “similar apps” for it changed: who it's seen as competing with
- 🔎WhatsApp reached Top 10 for “poppy playtime”Android#7 in Saudi Arabia search · popularity 76
- 🌟WhatsApp featured by Apple: “ESSENCIAIS”iOStoday · AE, AU, BR, CA, FR, GB, NL, PL, SA, TR, ZA
- ✏️WhatsApp: keywords changediOS· US
- ✏️WhatsApp added hidden keywords: postident, clearscore, wii, sat +7 moreiOSwords in the App Store's hidden keyword field (found by probing search)
- 🔎WhatsApp reached #1 for “fampay”iOS#1 in Sweden search · popularity 90
- 🔎WhatsApp reached Top 10 for “chatgpt”iOS#10 in Canada search · popularity 93
- 🔎WhatsApp reached Top 10 for “vn”iOS#8 in Spain search · popularity 90
- 🔎WhatsApp reached #1 for “massager”Android#1 in Sweden search · popularity 82
- 🔎WhatsApp reached Top 10 for “imo”Android#10 in Saudi Arabia search · popularity 96
- 🔎WhatsApp reached Top 10 for “hay day”Android#10 in Vietnam search · popularity 84
- 🌟WhatsApp featured by AppleiOSapps · AE, AU, CA, FR, GB, NL, PL, SA, TR, ZA
- ✏️WhatsApp: new iPad screenshotsiOS· 15 countries
- ✏️WhatsApp: new screenshotsiOS5 screenshots (was 5) · 15 countries
- ✏️WhatsApp: new iPad screenshotsiOS· TW
- ✏️WhatsApp: new screenshotsiOS5 screenshots (was 5) · TW
- ✏️WhatsApp: new iPad screenshotsiOS· SE
- ✏️WhatsApp: new screenshotsiOS5 screenshots (was 5) · SE
- ✏️WhatsApp: new iPad screenshotsiOS· RU
- ✏️WhatsApp: new screenshotsiOS5 screenshots (was 5) · RU
- ✏️WhatsApp: new iPad screenshotsiOS· NL
- ✏️WhatsApp: new screenshotsiOS5 screenshots (was 5) · NL
- ✏️WhatsApp: new iPad screenshotsiOS· MX, CO, AR
- ✏️WhatsApp: new screenshotsiOS5 screenshots (was 5) · MX, CO, AR
- ✏️WhatsApp: new iPad screenshotsiOS· KR
- ✏️WhatsApp: new screenshotsiOS5 screenshots (was 5) · KR
- ✏️WhatsApp: new iPad screenshotsiOS· JP
- ✏️WhatsApp: new screenshotsiOS5 screenshots (was 5) · JP
- ✏️WhatsApp: new iPad screenshotsiOS· IT
- ✏️WhatsApp: new screenshotsiOS5 screenshots (was 5) · IT
- ✏️WhatsApp: new iPad screenshotsiOS· FR
- ✏️WhatsApp: new screenshotsiOS5 screenshots (was 5) · FR
- ✏️WhatsApp: new iPad screenshotsiOS· ES
- ✏️WhatsApp: new screenshotsiOS5 screenshots (was 5) · ES
- ✏️WhatsApp: new iPad screenshotsiOS· DE
- ✏️WhatsApp: new screenshotsiOS5 screenshots (was 5) · DE
- ✏️WhatsApp: new iPad screenshotsiOS· BR
- ✏️WhatsApp: new screenshotsiOS5 screenshots (was 5) · BR
- 📈WhatsApp hit #1AndroidTop Free · All Apps · TR
- 📦WhatsApp updated to version 26.44.72iOSWe update the app regularly to fix bugs, optimize performance and improve the experience. Thanks for using WhatsApp!
- 🚀WhatsApp: now shown next to Messenger, Zangi - Private Messenger, Telegram Messenger +2 moreiOSthe store's “similar apps” for it changed: who it's seen as competing with
- ✏️WhatsApp added hidden keywords: chats, coindrama, tabby, kion +7 moreiOSwords in the App Store's hidden keyword field (found by probing search)
- 🔎WhatsApp reached #1 for “easypaisa app”iOS#1 in Turkey search · popularity 85
- 🔎WhatsApp reached Top 10 for “rapido”iOS#7 in Poland search · popularity 91
- 🔎WhatsApp reached Top 10 for “yt studio”iOS#10 in Taiwan search · popularity 92
- 🌟WhatsApp featured by Apple: “ESSENTIALS”iOStoday · AE, AU, BR, CA, FR, GB, NL, PL, SA, TR, ZA
- ✏️WhatsApp added hidden keywords: electric, selectiOSwords in the App Store's hidden keyword field (found by probing search)
- 🔎WhatsApp reached Top 10 for “lidl”iOS#10 in United Kingdom search · popularity 90
- 🔎WhatsApp reached Top 10 for “chatgpt”iOS#10 in Netherlands search · popularity 92
- 🔎WhatsApp reached Top 10 for “paypal”iOS#10 in Thailand search · popularity 92
- 🔎WhatsApp reached Top 10 for “reddit”iOS#10 in Thailand search · popularity 90
- 🌟WhatsApp featured by Apple: “ESSENCIAIS”iOStoday · AE, AU, BR, CA, FR, GB, NL, PL, SA, TR, ZA
- ✏️WhatsApp added hidden keywords: tax, residency, costa, grand +1 moreiOSwords in the App Store's hidden keyword field (found by probing search)
- 🔎WhatsApp reached Top 10 for “claude”iOS#10 in Canada search · popularity 92
- 🔎WhatsApp reached Top 10 for “blinkit”iOS#9 in India search · popularity 96
- 🔎WhatsApp reached Top 10 for “fb lite”iOS#7 in Philippines search · popularity 94
- 🔎WhatsApp reached Top 10 for “facebook lite”iOS#10 in Thailand search · popularity 92
- 🔎WhatsApp reached Top 10 for “réseaux sociaux”Android#7 in France search · popularity 95
- 🌟WhatsApp featured by Apple: “ESSENTIALS”iOStoday · AE, AU, BR, CA, FR, GB, NL, PL, SA, TR, ZA
- ✏️WhatsApp added hidden keywords: chaton, fichiersiOSwords in the App Store's hidden keyword field (found by probing search)
- 🔎WhatsApp reached #1 for “bajaj finance app”iOS#1 in Spain search · popularity 87
- 🔎WhatsApp reached Top 10 for “blinkit”iOS#5 in Spain search · popularity 93
- 🔎WhatsApp reached Top 10 for “vn”iOS#10 in Netherlands search · popularity 92
- 🔎WhatsApp reached Top 10 for “waze”iOS#8 in Philippines search · popularity 93
- 🔎WhatsApp reached Top 10 for “poppy playtime”Android#7 in United Arab Emirates search · popularity 77
- 🔎WhatsApp reached Top 10 for “hp pay”Android#6 in Netherlands search · popularity 88
- 🌟WhatsApp featured by Apple: “ESSENTIALS”iOStoday · AE, AU, CA, FR, GB, NL, PL, SA, TR, ZA
- ✏️WhatsApp: renamediOSWhatsApp Messenger → WhatsApp · US
- 📈WhatsApp hit #1AndroidTop Free · All Apps · IN
- 🎉WhatsApp in-app event: WhatsApp EventsiOSMAJOR UPDATE · until 6 Dec
- 🆕WhatsApp: its developer released another app: Stickers, una app de WhatsAppiOS
- ✏️WhatsApp added hidden keywords: what's, software, menstruel, help +13 moreiOSwords in the App Store's hidden keyword field (found by probing search)
- 🔎WhatsApp reached #1 for “easypaisa app”iOS#1 in Mexico search · popularity 84
- 🔎WhatsApp reached Top 10 for “discord”iOS#10 in Australia search · popularity 94
- 🔎WhatsApp reached Top 10 for “chrome”iOS#9 in Spain search · popularity 94
- 🔎WhatsApp reached Top 10 for “facebook”iOS#10 in South Korea search · popularity 94
- 🔎WhatsApp reached Top 10 for “my jio”iOS#6 in Mexico search · popularity 93
- 🔎WhatsApp reached Top 10 for “youtube”iOS#10 in Mexico search · popularity 90
- 🔎WhatsApp reached Top 10 for “messenger”iOS#3 in Malaysia search · popularity 96
- 🌟WhatsApp featured by Apple: “ПОДБОРКА”iOStoday · AE, AU, BR, CA, FR, GB, NL, PL, RU, SA, TR, ZA
- ✏️WhatsApp added hidden keywords: grow, cloudlibrary, real-timeiOSwords in the App Store's hidden keyword field (found by probing search)
- 🔎WhatsApp reached #1 for “hp pay”iOS#1 in Colombia search · popularity 93
- 🔎WhatsApp reached Top 10 for “payback app kostenlos”iOS#9 in Germany search · popularity 90
- 🔎WhatsApp reached Top 10 for “google”iOS#9 in India search · popularity 91
- 🌟WhatsApp featured by Apple: “ESSENTIALS”iOStoday · AE, AU, CA, FR, GB, NL, PL, SA, TR, ZA
- ✏️WhatsApp added hidden keywords: films, firefox, anime, opera +1 moreiOSwords in the App Store's hidden keyword field (found by probing search)
- 🔎WhatsApp reached Top 10 for “threads”iOS#9 in Australia search · popularity 92
- 🔎WhatsApp reached Top 10 for “tiktok”iOS#10 in Canada search · popularity 96
- 🔎WhatsApp reached Top 10 for “amazon”iOS#9 in France search · popularity 93
- 🔎WhatsApp reached Top 10 for “chrome”iOS#10 in United Kingdom search · popularity 92
- 🌟WhatsApp featured by Apple: “ESSENCIAIS”iOStoday · AE, AU, BR, CA, FR, GB, NL, PL, SA, TR, ZA
- 📈WhatsApp hit #1iOSTop Free · Social Networking · TH
- ✏️WhatsApp: description updatediOS· US
- 📦WhatsApp updated to version 26.43.75iOSWe update the app regularly to fix bugs, optimize performance and improve the experience. Thanks for using WhatsApp!
- ✏️WhatsApp added hidden keywords: storyreeliOSwords in the App Store's hidden keyword field (found by probing search)
- 🔎WhatsApp reached Top 10 for “gemini”iOS#10 in Argentina search · popularity 90
- 🔎WhatsApp reached Top 10 for “gmail”iOS#10 in Canada search · popularity 92
- 🔎WhatsApp reached Top 10 for “free fire”iOS#4 in Colombia search · popularity 94
- 🌟WhatsApp featured by AppleiOSapps · AE, AU, CA, FR, GB, NL, PL, SA, TR, ZA
- ✏️WhatsApp added hidden keywords: signal, bestsecret, bitwarden, flugradar +1 moreiOSwords in the App Store's hidden keyword field (found by probing search)
- 🔎WhatsApp reached Top 10 for “uae pass”iOS#10 in United Arab Emirates search · popularity 90
- 🔎WhatsApp reached Top 10 for “facebook”iOS#10 in Australia search · popularity 97
- 🌟WhatsApp featured by Apple: “ESSENTIALS”iOStoday · AE, AU, BR, CA, FR, GB, NL, PL, SA, TR, ZA
- ✏️WhatsApp added hidden keywords: indeed, commands, desktop, lego +2 moreiOSwords in the App Store's hidden keyword field (found by probing search)
- 🔎WhatsApp reached #1 for “hdfc netbanking mobile app”iOS#1 in Argentina search · popularity 85
- 🔎WhatsApp reached Top 10 for “lite”iOS#7 in Argentina search · popularity 91
- 🔎WhatsApp reached Top 10 for “etisalat”Android#10 in United Arab Emirates search · popularity 89
- 🌟WhatsApp featured by Apple: “ESSENTIALS”iOStoday · AE, AU, BR, CA, FR, GB, NL, PL, SA, TR, ZA
- ✏️WhatsApp: keywords changediOS· AU
- ✏️WhatsApp: keywords changediOS· FR
- ✏️WhatsApp added hidden keywords: nab, truecaller, life360, capcut +10 moreiOSwords in the App Store's hidden keyword field (found by probing search)
- 📦WhatsApp updated to version 26.42.77iOSWe update the app regularly to fix bugs, optimize performance and improve the experience. Thanks for using WhatsApp!
- ✏️WhatsApp: keywords changediOS· CA
- ✏️WhatsApp added hidden keywords: signal, kik, api, doordash +4 moreiOSwords in the App Store's hidden keyword field (found by probing search)
- 🔎WhatsApp reached Top 10 for “world”Android#8 in Germany search · popularity 74
- 📈WhatsApp entered the top 10 in 2 chartsiOSTop Free · All Apps · GB · Top Free · All Apps · ZA
- ✏️WhatsApp: keywords changediOS· GB
- ✏️WhatsApp added hidden keywords: コアイメージ, widgetclub, api, lists +3 moreiOSwords in the App Store's hidden keyword field (found by probing search)
- ✏️WhatsApp added hidden keywords: same, neateat, support, satnav +4 moreiOSwords in the App Store's hidden keyword field (found by probing search)
- ✏️WhatsApp: keywords changediOS· US
- 📦WhatsApp updated to version 26.42.74iOSWe update the app regularly to fix bugs, optimize performance and improve the experience. Thanks for using WhatsApp!
- ✏️WhatsApp added hidden keywords: desktop, warehouse, history, incontri +2 moreiOSwords in the App Store's hidden keyword field (found by probing search)
- ✏️WhatsApp added hidden keywords: github, ntv, incontri, healthcare +4 moreiOSwords in the App Store's hidden keyword field (found by probing search)
- ✏️WhatsApp added hidden keywords: reset, foreflight, method, swift +4 moreiOSwords in the App Store's hidden keyword field (found by probing search)
- ✏️WhatsApp: renamedAndroidWhatsApp Messenger → WhatsApp · US
- ✏️WhatsApp added hidden keywords: pulse, business-netzwerk, s-vorteilswelt, individuals +10 moreiOSwords in the App Store's hidden keyword field (found by probing search)
- 📦WhatsApp updated to version 26.41.75iOSWe update the app regularly to fix bugs, optimize performance and improve the experience. Thanks for using WhatsApp!
- ✏️WhatsApp added hidden keywords: buchen, codex, vinted, diy +4 moreiOSwords in the App Store's hidden keyword field (found by probing search)
- ✏️WhatsApp added hidden keywords: software, starbucks, storytel, minutes +7 moreiOSwords in the App Store's hidden keyword field (found by probing search)
- ✏️WhatsApp added hidden keywords: ecg, crazy, commands, snorelab +8 moreiOSwords in the App Store's hidden keyword field (found by probing search)
- 📦WhatsApp updated to version 26.41.74iOSWe update the app regularly to fix bugs, optimize performance and improve the experience. Thanks for using WhatsApp!
- 📈WhatsApp: #1 on iPad · Top Free All AppsiOSIN
- ✏️WhatsApp added hidden keywords: whatnot, renewal, pass'région, nhl +13 moreiOSwords in the App Store's hidden keyword field (found by probing search)
- ✏️WhatsApp: keywords changediOS· DE
- 📦WhatsApp version 2.26.41.77Android• Enjoy a refreshed, more expressive WhatsApp design.
• Swipe chats for quick actions like pin, archive, and mark unread.
• React to messages with any emoji.
• Find contacts and groups faster to start or continue conversations.
These features will roll out over the coming weeks. Thanks for using WhatsApp!… more - ✏️WhatsApp added hidden keywords: safenow, mcdelivery, iscanner, value +8 moreiOSwords in the App Store's hidden keyword field (found by probing search)
- ✏️WhatsApp added hidden keywords: mymcdonald’s, snoring, snorelab, snore +4 moreiOSwords in the App Store's hidden keyword field (found by probing search)
- ✏️WhatsApp added hidden keywords: cameo, kiosk, snoring, pinedrama +1 moreiOSwords in the App Store's hidden keyword field (found by probing search)
- ✏️WhatsApp: keywords changediOS· CA
- ✏️WhatsApp: keywords changediOS· AU
- ✏️WhatsApp added hidden keywords: litres, chats, meteoswiss, raya +7 moreiOSwords in the App Store's hidden keyword field (found by probing search)
- 🔎WhatsApp reached #1 for “techapp”iOS#1 in Poland search · popularity 45
- 🔎WhatsApp reached Top 10 for “world”Android#9 in Taiwan search · popularity 72
- ✏️WhatsApp: keywords changediOS· FR
- ✏️WhatsApp: keywords changediOS· GB
- ✏️WhatsApp added hidden keywords: neateat, berlin-marathon, privacy, nhl +3 moreiOSwords in the App Store's hidden keyword field (found by probing search)
- 🔎WhatsApp reached Top 10 for “world” in 4 countriesAndroidSpain, Netherlands, Sweden, Turkey search · popularity 72
- ✏️WhatsApp added hidden keywords: ich, veraiOSwords in the App Store's hidden keyword field (found by probing search)
- 📈WhatsApp hit #1iOSTop Free · Social Networking · PL
- 📈WhatsApp entered the top 10iOSTop Free · All Apps · IN
- ✏️WhatsApp: new iPad screenshotsiOS· TW
- ✏️WhatsApp: new screenshotsiOS5 screenshots (was 5) · TW
- ✏️WhatsApp: new iPad screenshotsiOS· MX
- ✏️WhatsApp: new screenshotsiOS5 screenshots (was 5) · MX
- ✏️WhatsApp: keywords changediOS· US
- 📈WhatsApp hit #1 in 8 chartsAndroidTop Free · All Apps · BR · Top Free · Wear OS · ES · Top Free · All Apps · MX · Top Free · Wear OS · MX · +4 more
- 📦WhatsApp updated to version 26.40.77iOSWe update the app regularly to fix bugs, optimize performance and improve the experience. Thanks for using WhatsApp!
- ✏️WhatsApp added hidden keywords: members, feesiOSwords in the App Store's hidden keyword field (found by probing search)
- 📈WhatsApp entered the top 10 in 9 chartsiOSTop Free · Social Networking · AR · Top Grossing · Social Networking · AR · Top Free · Social Networking · CO · Top Grossing · Social Networking · CO · +5 more
- 📈WhatsApp hit #1iOSTop Free · Social Networking · PH
- 📈WhatsApp entered the top 10 in 15 chartsAndroidTop Free · All Apps · ES · Top Free · All Apps · MX · Top Grossing · Communication · MX · Top Free · All Apps · NL · +11 more
- 📈WhatsApp hit #1 in 4 chartsAndroidTop Free · Communication · ES · Top Free · Communication · MX · Top Free · Communication · NL · Top Free · Wear OS · TR
- ✏️WhatsApp added hidden keywords: communities, apply, kicker, photos +1 moreiOSwords in the App Store's hidden keyword field (found by probing search)
- 🔎WhatsApp reached #1 for “iphone”iOS#1 in Indonesia search · popularity 74
- 📈WhatsApp hit #1iOSTop Free · Social Networking · IN
- ✏️WhatsApp added hidden keywords: value, word, translation, prayer +1 moreiOSwords in the App Store's hidden keyword field (found by probing search)
- ✏️WhatsApp added hidden keywords: media, severe, wariOSwords in the App Store's hidden keyword field (found by probing search)
- 🔎WhatsApp reached Top 10 for “messenger”iOS#10 in Vietnam search · popularity 95
- 🔎WhatsApp reached Top 10 for “world”Android#9 in Italy search · popularity 73
- ✏️WhatsApp: new iPad screenshotsiOS· TW
- ✏️WhatsApp: new screenshotsiOS5 screenshots (was 6) · TW
- ✏️WhatsApp: new iPad screenshotsiOS· MX
- ✏️WhatsApp: new screenshotsiOS5 screenshots (was 6) · MX
- ✏️WhatsApp added hidden keywords: renewal, ecg, templatesiOSwords in the App Store's hidden keyword field (found by probing search)
- 📦WhatsApp updated to version 26.39.75iOSWe update the app regularly to fix bugs, optimize performance and improve the experience. Thanks for using WhatsApp!
- ✏️WhatsApp added hidden keywords: delete, find, stats, privacy +2 moreiOSwords in the App Store's hidden keyword field (found by probing search)
- ✏️WhatsApp: new iPad screenshotsiOS· TW
- ✏️WhatsApp: new screenshotsiOS6 screenshots (was 5) · TW
- ✏️WhatsApp: new iPad screenshotsiOS· MX
- ✏️WhatsApp: new screenshotsiOS6 screenshots (was 5) · MX
- 📈WhatsApp hit #1AndroidTop Free · Communication · RU
- ✏️WhatsApp added hidden keywords: ecg, efootball, tradingview, logic +4 moreiOSwords in the App Store's hidden keyword field (found by probing search)
- 📦WhatsApp: now updating weeklyiOS4 updates in 30 days, after a quiet two months
- 📦WhatsApp updated to version 26.39.74iOSWe update the app regularly to fix bugs, optimize performance and improve the experience. Thanks for using WhatsApp!
- 📦WhatsApp updated to version 26.39.73iOSWe update the app regularly to fix bugs, optimize performance and improve the experience. Thanks for using WhatsApp!
- ✏️WhatsApp added hidden keywords: crunchyroll, pfc, value, logic +2 moreiOSwords in the App Store's hidden keyword field (found by probing search)
- 🔎WhatsApp reached #1 for “messenger”iOS#1 in Turkey search · popularity 96
- 📈WhatsApp hit #1iOSTop Free · Social Networking · NL
- ✏️WhatsApp added hidden keywords: notifications, hellowork, benefits, privacy +5 moreiOSwords in the App Store's hidden keyword field (found by probing search)
- 🔎WhatsApp reached Top 10 for “messenger”iOS#10 in Thailand search · popularity 96
- ✏️WhatsApp added hidden keywords: autovelox, hero, speak, esim +2 moreiOSwords in the App Store's hidden keyword field (found by probing search)
- ✏️WhatsApp added hidden keywords: call, delete, logiciOSwords in the App Store's hidden keyword field (found by probing search)
- ✏️WhatsApp added hidden keywords: chats, scam, calls, transfer +3 moreiOSwords in the App Store's hidden keyword field (found by probing search)
- 📈WhatsApp hit #1iOSTop Free · Social Networking · AE
- 📈WhatsApp entered the top 10iOSTop Free · All Apps · AE
- 📈WhatsApp hit #1AndroidTop Free · All Apps · AE
- ✏️WhatsApp added hidden keywords: software, latest, win, individuals +4 moreiOSwords in the App Store's hidden keyword field (found by probing search)
- 🌟WhatsApp featured by AppleiOSapps · AE, AU, CA, DE, FR, GB, NL, SA, TR
- ✏️WhatsApp added hidden keywords: communication, notifications, insurance, rewe +4 moreiOSwords in the App Store's hidden keyword field (found by probing search)
- 🌟WhatsApp featured by Apple: “ESSENTIALS”iOStoday · AE, AU, CA, DE, FR, GB, NL, SA, TR
- 📈WhatsApp hit #1iOSTop Free · Social Networking · VN
- 📈WhatsApp hit #1AndroidTop Free · Wear OS · RU
- 📦WhatsApp updated to version 26.38.74iOSWe update the app regularly to fix bugs, optimize performance and improve the experience. Thanks for using WhatsApp!
- ✏️WhatsApp added hidden keywords: sparkasse, kyc, workplace, paramount +14 moreiOSwords in the App Store's hidden keyword field (found by probing search)
- 🌟WhatsApp featured by Apple: “ESSENCIAIS”iOStoday · AE, AU, BR, CA, DE, FR, GB, NL, SA, TR
- ✏️WhatsApp added hidden keywords: calls, monzo, cams, telegraph +6 moreiOSwords in the App Store's hidden keyword field (found by probing search)
- 🔎WhatsApp reached Top 10 for “google”iOS#10 in Saudi Arabia search · popularity 92
- 🌟WhatsApp featured by AppleiOSapps · AE, AU, CA, DE, FR, GB, NL, SA, TR
- 🌟WhatsApp featured by Apple: “ESSENCIAIS”iOStoday · AE, AU, BR, CA, DE, FR, GB, NL, SA, TR
- 📈WhatsApp hit #1AndroidTop Free · All Apps · SA
- 🌟WhatsApp featured by Apple: “ESSENCIAIS”iOStoday · AE, AU, BR, CA, DE, FR, GB, NL, SA, TR
- 🆕WhatsApp first spotted by AppInsiderAndroidUnited Arab Emirates
- 🌟WhatsApp featured by Apple: “ESSENCIAIS”iOStoday · AE, AU, BR, CA, DE, FR, GB, SA
- 🆕WhatsApp first spotted by AppInsideriOS#13 in Top Grossing · Social Networking · Italy
- 📣WhatsApp started 2 new adsiOS3
- 📦WhatsApp version 26.37.76iOSNo release notes
- 📣WhatsApp started a new adiOS3
- 📣WhatsApp started a new adAndroid3
- 📣WhatsApp started a new adAndroid3
- 🆕WhatsApp released on Google PlayAndroid
- 🆕WhatsApp released on the App StoreiOS
Collected from the stores by AppInsider since we first spotted the app. Dates are when we saw each change.
Rating
4.6 ★
266M ratings, both stores
Measured
Best rank now
#1
App Store · 
Social Networking Free
Social Networking FreeMeasured
New ratings a week
668k
▲ +13% vs the 2 weeks before (Google Play)
Measured
WhatsApp at a glance
AI summary written from our chart and store data, 2026-11-11. It can be wrong: check the numbers above.
WhatsApp is a free, end-to-end encrypted messaging and calling app by Meta designed for personal communication with friends, family, and groups. The app holds the #1 position in Social Networking Free charts across Australia, Philippines, Thailand, and Vietnam, while maintaining strong top-3 rankings in major markets including the US, India, and Canada.
Similar apps: Telegram, Signal, Facebook Messenger
App Store
App details
App ID
310633997
Publisher
WhatsApp Inc.
Publisher country
United States
On the store since
May 2009
17 years on the store
Minimum OS
iOS 15.1+
iPhone 6s and later
Devices
iPhone · iPad · Watch
Universal purchase
Content rating
12+
4 content notes below
Languages
39
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Size
411 MB
Also listed in
Utilities
Content notesInfrequent/Mild Medical/Treatment InformationInfrequent/Mild Mature/Suggestive ThemesInfrequent/Mild Profanity or Crude HumorInfrequent/Mild Horror/Fear Themes
Tech stack
Built with
Native (Swift)
Confidence
High
App privacy Measured
WhatsApp’s App Store privacy label declares 0 data categories used to track you across other companies’ apps and websites, 9 linked to your identity and 1 collected anonymously.
Used to track you
0
Linked to you
9
Not linked to you
1
Linked to your identity
Not linked to you
SSearch History
As declared by the developer on the App Store — Apple requires every app to publish this label. We track changes over time.
Google Play
App details
App ID
com.whatsapp
Publisher
Meta Platforms, Inc.
Publisher country
United States
Minimum OS
Android 6.0+
Content rating
Everyone
Languages
71
Size
76 MB
Tech stack
Android app v2.26.37.73 · checked 26 Sep 2026
Built with
Native Android
Kotlin + Jetpack Compose
Third-party SDKs
2
Trackers
0
Permissions
83
Targets
Android 16
Monetization
Google Play Billing
Infrastructure
Firebase
Signing key in use since 2010. Certificate owner, full permission list, deep links and the domains this app talks toProSee plans
WhatsApp downloads & installs
Both stores, worldwide. Bands are open; exact numbers are free with an account.
| Store | Downloads / day | Lifetime installs |
|---|---|---|
| App Store | 100k+ | 5B+ |
| Google Play | 1M+ | 10B+ Measured |
| Total | 1M+ Confidence | 10B+ Confidence |
How this is calculated
App Store: chart positions and rating growth per country, anchored on its own Android downloads; lifetime from ratings worldwide × installs per rating. Google Play: the daily change in its exact install count. The total adds every store.
Where WhatsApp's downloads come from Modelled
Last 30 days: organic search, browsing the store, features and paid ads.
Active users
All platforms, worldwide. Free with an account.
Stickiness (DAU / MAU)
how many monthly users open it on a given day
Retention · share of new users still active
Day 1
Day 7
Day 30
Time spent · per daily user
Average time spent Pro
min a day
Sessions a day Pro
Time per session Pro
min
How this is calculated
Monthly users come from lifetime installs across every store, fitted on monthly active user figures companies publish; daily users = monthly × the typical daily/monthly ratio for the category. Confidence is the chance the real number is within half to double ours.
In-app revenue
Worldwide, what users spend before Apple and Google take their fee.
| Store | Per day | Per month | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| App Store | |||
| Google Play | |||
| Total | Confidence | 100% |
Business model: In-app purchase-led
How WhatsApp makes money: subscriptions, one-off purchases and ads.
In-app purchases
One-off purchases
/mo
of revenue
Top in-app purchases · App Store US, most popular first
| 1 | No ads (1 account) | |
| 2 | No ads (4 accounts) | |
| 3 | No ads (4 accounts) | |
| 4 | No ads (4 accounts) | |
| 5 | No ads (4 accounts) | |
| 6 | No ads (4 accounts) | |
| 7 | No ads (5 accounts) | |
| 8 | No ads (5 accounts) | |
| 9 | No ads (5 accounts) | |
| 10 | No ads (5 accounts) |
Hidden keywords
WhatsApp shows up in App Store search (US) for 18 words that appear nowhere in its name, subtitle or developer name, so they are almost certainly in its private keyword field, and it ranks in the top 10 for at least one of them.
Where it ranks now
Both stores, across every country we track.
| Store | Best rank | Charting in | US Top Free | US Top Grossing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| App Store | #1 Social Networking Free | 29 of 30 countries | #2 | #46 |
| Google Play | #1 Communication Free | 23 of 23 countries | #1 | #19 |
Full chart lists: App Store · Google Play.
Review momentum
ⓘ How we measure thisApp Store
New ratings a week
204k
steady vs the 2 weeks before
Written reviews a week
13+
US App Store (Apple shows only the newest)
Recent ratings
4.2★
vs 4.7★ lifetime
Recent written reviews
3.2★
people who write skew negative
Review momentum
78/100
top 1% of Social Networking apps
New ratings by country (12)
| Country | New ratings a week | Share | Last 2 weeks vs the 2 before |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 42k | 25% | steady |
 India | 25.5k | 16% | ▼ -5% |
 Brazil | 23.5k | 14% | ▼ -10% |
 Mexico | 15.7k | 10% | steady |
 Indonesia | 12.7k | 8% | steady |
 United Kingdom | 8,052 | 5% | ▼ -9% |
 Colombia | 7,278 | 4% | ▼ -5% |
 France | 7,225 | 4% | steady |
 Germany | 7,221 | 4% | steady |
 Turkey | 6,003 | 4% | steady |
 Spain | 4,953 | 3% | ▲ +7% |
 South Africa | 4,542 | 3% | ▲ +15% |
App Store ratings in the countries we track, 4-week average.
Google Play
New ratings a week
464k
▲ +13% vs the 2 weeks before
Written reviews a week
under 1
Google Play
Lifetime rating
4.6★
recent stars not readable yet: new ratings are a tiny share of the total
Recent written reviews
4.0★
people who write skew negative
Review momentum
82/100
top 1% of Communication apps
Review momentum (0-100) blends how fast the app collects ratings compared with other apps in its category (60%), whether that pace is speeding up (25%) and what recent raters give it (15%; recent stars well below lifetime pull it down). Ratings counts are read daily. A jump usually means a launch, a feature, ads or a new review prompt.
Ratings
Both stores. Store data, measured.
| Store | Rating | Ratings |
|---|---|---|
| App Store | 4.7 ★ | 19M |
| Google Play | 4.6 ★ | 248M 1.9M written reviews |
| Both stores | 4.6 ★ weighted by ratings | 266M |
What users say about WhatsApp
From the 200 most recent App Store reviews in the US.
Users express strong dissatisfaction with recent UI changes, particularly the intrusive Meta AI widget and cluttered chat views. Significant complaints also focus on account security issues, including arbitrary bans, flagging errors, and perceived privacy violations linked to Facebook integration.
Mixed (53% of recent reviews give 4–5 stars). People like it for being easy to use, and syncing. The main complaints are about login and account problems, and recent updates.
What people like
- Ease of use: “Excellent app and too user friendly”
- Connection & sync: “I love staying connected to the WhatsApp community”
- Updates: “Hi Whatsapp, can it be fixed to update photo status and use music why is the image resolution so blurry?”
- Features & content: “Amelioration d’option de sauvegarde”
Common complaints
- Login & account: “Texted 1 person, got banned”
- Updates: “Forced updates or app wont open?”
- Crashes & bugs: “Forced updates or app wont open?”
- Privacy & data: “sont give privacy leak data for marketing”
About WhatsApp
Bring your group together on WhatsApp.
WhatsApp from Meta is a free messaging and calling app for the people and groups in your life. Bring your best friends, parent group, study group, or neighborhood together to chat, make plans, and share moments.
Get everyone into the conversation
Invite people with a link or QR code. Names and profile photos help you know who's who, and shared message history helps new members catch up.
Make plans together
Create events and track RSVPs. Use polls to choose a date or make a decision. Share your live location to find each other, and send documents up to 2GB.
Keep your group organized
Pin important messages. Admins can approve requests to join, and set group permissions. Have several related groups? Bring their chats and announcements together in a Community.
Share more than messages
Send HD photos and videos, voice messages, and short video notes. Make conversations your own with custom stickers, reactions, GIFs, and chat colors and backgrounds. Share everyday moments through Status-updates that disappear after 24 hours.
Get together on a call
Make unlimited voice and video calls with up to 32 people, with screen sharing, effects, and reactions.
Speak freely
Your personal messages and calls—including group chats and calls—stay private with end-to-end encryption. Not even WhatsApp can read or listen to them. Turn on disappearing messages to choose when your messages disappear.
WhatsApp works on your phone, computer, tablet, and supported watch, including on slower connections.
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If you have any feedback or questions, please go to WhatsApp > Settings > Help > Contact Us
Terms of Service: https://www.whatsapp.com/legal/terms-of-service
Learn more about messaging privately: https://www.whatsapp.com/privacy
Learn more about WhatsApp safety: https://www.whatsapp.com/security
WhatsApp from Meta is a free messaging and calling app for the people and groups in your life. Bring your best friends, parent group, study group, or neighborhood together to chat, make plans, and share moments.
Get everyone into the conversation
Invite people with a link or QR code. Names and profile photos help you know who's who, and shared message history helps new members catch up.
Make plans together
Create events and track RSVPs. Use polls to choose a date or make a decision. Share your live location to find each other, and send documents up to 2GB.
Keep your group organized
Pin important messages. Admins can approve requests to join, and set group permissions. Have several related groups? Bring their chats and announcements together in a Community.
Share more than messages
Send HD photos and videos, voice messages, and short video notes. Make conversations your own with custom stickers, reactions, GIFs, and chat colors and backgrounds. Share everyday moments through Status-updates that disappear after 24 hours.
Get together on a call
Make unlimited voice and video calls with up to 32 people, with screen sharing, effects, and reactions.
Speak freely
Your personal messages and calls—including group chats and calls—stay private with end-to-end encryption. Not even WhatsApp can read or listen to them. Turn on disappearing messages to choose when your messages disappear.
WhatsApp works on your phone, computer, tablet, and supported watch, including on slower connections.
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If you have any feedback or questions, please go to WhatsApp > Settings > Help > Contact Us
Terms of Service: https://www.whatsapp.com/legal/terms-of-service
Learn more about messaging privately: https://www.whatsapp.com/privacy
Learn more about WhatsApp safety: https://www.whatsapp.com/security
WhatsApp App Store
Breakout app #30 · iPhoneold app, new surgefeatured by Apple: Apps sociales indispensables (FR)updated 2 days ago (v26.44.72)17 years old
WhatsApp gets 1M+ downloads a day worldwide (AppInsider estimate, November 2026, rounded down to a band).
WhatsApp is #2 in Social Networking Free in United States and charting in 29 of 30 countries we track.
Updated 11 Nov 2026 · rankings refresh through the day
DeveloperWhatsApp Inc.
CategorySocial Networking
PriceFree
Released
Rating★ 4.7 (19M)
Version26.44.72
Age rating12+
First seen by us
24 Sep 2026
24 Sep 2026Installs (est.)5B+ worldwide
Built withNative (Swift) · Confidence: High
Rating
4.7 ★
19M ratings
Measured
Best rank now
#2
Social Networking FreeMeasured
New ratings a week
204k
steady vs the 2 weeks before
Measured
WhatsApp at a glance
AI summary written from our chart and store data, 2026-11-11. It can be wrong: check the numbers above.
WhatsApp is a free, end-to-end encrypted messaging and calling app by Meta designed for personal communication with friends, family, and groups. The app holds the #1 position in Social Networking Free charts across Australia, Philippines, Thailand, and Vietnam, while maintaining strong top-3 rankings in major markets including the US, India, and Canada.
Similar apps: Telegram, Signal, Facebook Messenger
WhatsApp on the App Store
App details
App ID
310633997
Publisher
WhatsApp Inc.
Publisher country
United States
On the store since
May 2009
17 years on the store
Minimum OS
iOS 15.1+
iPhone 6s and later
Devices
iPhone · iPad · Watch
Universal purchase
Content rating
12+
4 content notes below
Languages
39
AR BN CA HR CS DA NL EN FI FR DE EL …
Size
411 MB
Also listed in
Utilities
Content notesInfrequent/Mild Medical/Treatment InformationInfrequent/Mild Mature/Suggestive ThemesInfrequent/Mild Profanity or Crude HumorInfrequent/Mild Horror/Fear Themes
Tech stack
Built with
Native (Swift)
Confidence
High
App privacy Measured
WhatsApp’s App Store privacy label declares 0 data categories used to track you across other companies’ apps and websites, 9 linked to your identity and 1 collected anonymously.
Used to track you
0
Linked to you
9
Not linked to you
1
Linked to your identity
Not linked to you
SSearch History
As declared by the developer on the App Store — Apple requires every app to publish this label. We track changes over time.
WhatsApp downloads
Worldwide, per day, and installs to date. The band is open; the exact number is free with an account.
How this is calculated
Apple publishes no download counts. App Store downloads come from chart positions and daily rating growth per country, calibrated on Google Play install counts; lifetime installs from ratings worldwide × installs per rating. Confidence is the chance the real number is within half to double ours.
Where WhatsApp's downloads come from Modelled
Last 30 days: organic search, browsing the store, features and paid ads.
Active users
All platforms, worldwide. Free with an account.
Stickiness (DAU / MAU)
how many monthly users open it on a given day
Retention · share of new users still active
Day 1
Day 7
Day 30
Time spent · per daily user
Average time spent Pro
min a day
Sessions a day Pro
Time per session Pro
min
How this is calculated
Monthly users come from lifetime installs across every store, fitted on monthly active user figures companies publish; daily users = monthly × the typical daily/monthly ratio for the category. Confidence is the chance the real number is within half to double ours.
In-app revenue
Worldwide, what users spend in WhatsApp before Apple and Google take their fee.
How this is calculated
Top Grossing positions in every country we track, converted to dollars per store and country, sized by each market's published consumer spend and calibrated on revenue companies publish.
Business model: In-app purchase-led
How WhatsApp makes money: subscriptions, one-off purchases and ads.
In-app purchases
One-off purchases
/mo
of revenue
Top in-app purchases · App Store US, most popular first
| 1 | No ads (1 account) | |
| 2 | No ads (4 accounts) | |
| 3 | No ads (4 accounts) | |
| 4 | No ads (4 accounts) | |
| 5 | No ads (4 accounts) | |
| 6 | No ads (4 accounts) | |
| 7 | No ads (5 accounts) | |
| 8 | No ads (5 accounts) | |
| 9 | No ads (5 accounts) | |
| 10 | No ads (5 accounts) |
Hidden keywords
WhatsApp shows up in App Store search (US) for 18 words that appear nowhere in its name, subtitle or developer name, so they are almost certainly in its private keyword field, and it ranks in the top 10 for at least one of them.
Where it ranks now
Every top chart it appears in across 30 countries.
South Korea
Japan
Russia
Taiwan
Sweden
Netherlands
ArgentinaApps near WhatsApp on the chart
Social Networking Free, around #2.
Ratings
App Store, worldwide.
Rating
4.7 ★
19M ratings
Measured
Ratings
19M
Measured
Review momentum
ⓘ How we measure thisNew ratings a week
204k
steady vs the 2 weeks before
Written reviews a week
13+
US App Store (Apple shows only the newest)
Recent ratings
4.2★
vs 4.7★ lifetime
Recent written reviews
3.2★
people who write skew negative
Review momentum
78/100
top 1% of Social Networking apps
New ratings by country (12)
| Country | New ratings a week | Share | Last 2 weeks vs the 2 before |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 42k | 25% | steady |
| India | 25.5k | 16% | ▼ -5% |
| Brazil | 23.5k | 14% | ▼ -10% |
| Mexico | 15.7k | 10% | steady |
| Indonesia | 12.7k | 8% | steady |
| United Kingdom | 8,052 | 5% | ▼ -9% |
| Colombia | 7,278 | 4% | ▼ -5% |
| France | 7,225 | 4% | steady |
| Germany | 7,221 | 4% | steady |
| Turkey | 6,003 | 4% | steady |
| Spain | 4,953 | 3% | ▲ +7% |
| South Africa | 4,542 | 3% | ▲ +15% |
App Store ratings in the countries we track, 4-week average.
Review momentum (0-100) blends how fast the app collects ratings compared with other apps in its category (60%), whether that pace is speeding up (25%) and what recent raters give it (15%; recent stars well below lifetime pull it down). Ratings counts are read daily. A jump usually means a launch, a feature, ads or a new review prompt.
What users say about WhatsApp
From the 200 most recent App Store reviews in the US.
Users express strong dissatisfaction with recent UI changes, particularly the intrusive Meta AI widget and cluttered chat views. Significant complaints also focus on account security issues, including arbitrary bans, flagging errors, and perceived privacy violations linked to Facebook integration.
Mixed (53% of recent reviews give 4–5 stars). People like it for being easy to use, and syncing. The main complaints are about login and account problems, and recent updates.
What people like
- Ease of use: “Excellent app and too user friendly”
- Connection & sync: “I love staying connected to the WhatsApp community”
- Updates: “Hi Whatsapp, can it be fixed to update photo status and use music why is the image resolution so blurry?”
- Features & content: “Amelioration d’option de sauvegarde”
Common complaints
- Login & account: “Texted 1 person, got banned”
- Updates: “Forced updates or app wont open?”
- Crashes & bugs: “Forced updates or app wont open?”
- Privacy & data: “sont give privacy leak data for marketing”
About WhatsApp
Bring your group together on WhatsApp.
WhatsApp from Meta is a free messaging and calling app for the people and groups in your life. Bring your best friends, parent group, study group, or neighborhood together to chat, make plans, and share moments.
Get everyone into the conversation
Invite people with a link or QR code. Names and profile photos help you know who's who, and shared message history helps new members catch up.
Make plans together
Create events and track RSVPs. Use polls to choose a date or make a decision. Share your live location to find each other, and send documents up to 2GB.
Keep your group organized
Pin important messages. Admins can approve requests to join, and set group permissions. Have several related groups? Bring their chats and announcements together in a Community.
Share more than messages
Send HD photos and videos, voice messages, and short video notes. Make conversations your own with custom stickers, reactions, GIFs, and chat colors and backgrounds. Share everyday moments through Status-updates that disappear after 24 hours.
Get together on a call
Make unlimited voice and video calls with up to 32 people, with screen sharing, effects, and reactions.
Speak freely
Your personal messages and calls—including group chats and calls—stay private with end-to-end encryption. Not even WhatsApp can read or listen to them. Turn on disappearing messages to choose when your messages disappear.
WhatsApp works on your phone, computer, tablet, and supported watch, including on slower connections.
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If you have any feedback or questions, please go to WhatsApp > Settings > Help > Contact Us
Terms of Service: https://www.whatsapp.com/legal/terms-of-service
Learn more about messaging privately: https://www.whatsapp.com/privacy
Learn more about WhatsApp safety: https://www.whatsapp.com/security
WhatsApp from Meta is a free messaging and calling app for the people and groups in your life. Bring your best friends, parent group, study group, or neighborhood together to chat, make plans, and share moments.
Get everyone into the conversation
Invite people with a link or QR code. Names and profile photos help you know who's who, and shared message history helps new members catch up.
Make plans together
Create events and track RSVPs. Use polls to choose a date or make a decision. Share your live location to find each other, and send documents up to 2GB.
Keep your group organized
Pin important messages. Admins can approve requests to join, and set group permissions. Have several related groups? Bring their chats and announcements together in a Community.
Share more than messages
Send HD photos and videos, voice messages, and short video notes. Make conversations your own with custom stickers, reactions, GIFs, and chat colors and backgrounds. Share everyday moments through Status-updates that disappear after 24 hours.
Get together on a call
Make unlimited voice and video calls with up to 32 people, with screen sharing, effects, and reactions.
Speak freely
Your personal messages and calls—including group chats and calls—stay private with end-to-end encryption. Not even WhatsApp can read or listen to them. Turn on disappearing messages to choose when your messages disappear.
WhatsApp works on your phone, computer, tablet, and supported watch, including on slower connections.
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If you have any feedback or questions, please go to WhatsApp > Settings > Help > Contact Us
Terms of Service: https://www.whatsapp.com/legal/terms-of-service
Learn more about messaging privately: https://www.whatsapp.com/privacy
Learn more about WhatsApp safety: https://www.whatsapp.com/security
Latest updates
26.44.72
We update the app regularly to fix bugs, optimize performance and improve the experience. Thanks for using WhatsApp!
26.43.75
We update the app regularly to fix bugs, optimize performance and improve the experience. Thanks for using WhatsApp!
26.42.77
We update the app regularly to fix bugs, optimize performance and improve the experience. Thanks for using WhatsApp!
Store changes
What WhatsApp changed on its store page: name, icon, screenshots, price, size, languages, requirements.
Keywords changed
New iPad screenshots 
New screenshots
5 screenshots (was 5)
More from WhatsApp Inc.
WhatsApp Android
Breakout app #30 · iPhoneold app, new surgefeatured by Apple: Apps sociales indispensables (FR)updated 2 days ago (v26.44.72)17 years old
WhatsApp gets 1M+ downloads a day worldwide (AppInsider estimate, November 2026, rounded down to a band).
WhatsApp is #1 in Communication Free on Google Play in United States and charting in 23 of 23 countries we track.
Updated 11 Nov 2026 · rankings refresh through the day
DeveloperWhatsApp LLC
CategoryCommunication
PriceFree
Released
Installs10B+
Rating★ 4.6 (248M)
Updated
Content ratingEveryone
Rating
4.6 ★
248M ratings
Measured
Best rank now
#1
Communication FreeMeasured
New ratings a week
464k
▲ +13% vs the 2 weeks before
Measured
WhatsApp at a glance
AI summary written from our chart and store data, 2026-11-10. It can be wrong: check the numbers above.
A free, end-to-end encrypted messaging and calling platform for global personal communication across mobile, desktop, and wearable devices. The app holds the #1 position in All Apps Free charts in India, Turkey, and Indonesia, while also ranking #1 in Communication categories across Brazil, Italy, Australia, and Turkey.
Similar apps: Telegram, Signal, Facebook Messenger
WhatsApp on Google Play
App details
App ID
com.whatsapp
Publisher
Meta Platforms, Inc.
Publisher country
United States
Minimum OS
Android 6.0+
Content rating
Everyone
Languages
71
Size
76 MB
Tech stack
Android app v2.26.37.73 · checked 26 Sep 2026
Built with
Native Android
Kotlin + Jetpack Compose
Third-party SDKs
2
Trackers
0
Permissions
83
Targets
Android 16
Its iPhone app is most likely native Swift.
Monetization
Google Play Billing
Infrastructure
Firebase
Signing key in use since 2010. Certificate owner, full permission list, deep links and the domains this app talks toProSee plans
WhatsApp downloads
Worldwide, per day, and installs to date. The band is open; the exact number is free with an account.
How this is calculated
Google Play shows an exact lifetime install count; downloads per day are its daily change (measured). When Play hasn't refreshed the count, they come from new ratings and Top Free chart positions. Confidence is the chance the real number is within half to double ours.
Where WhatsApp's downloads come from Modelled
Last 30 days: organic search, browsing the store, features and paid ads.
Active users
All platforms, worldwide. Free with an account.
Stickiness (DAU / MAU)
how many monthly users open it on a given day
Retention · share of new users still active
Day 1
Day 7
Day 30
Time spent · per daily user
Average time spent Pro
min a day
Sessions a day Pro
Time per session Pro
min
How this is calculated
Monthly users come from lifetime installs across every store, fitted on monthly active user figures companies publish; daily users = monthly × the typical daily/monthly ratio for the category. Confidence is the chance the real number is within half to double ours.
In-app revenue
Worldwide, what users spend in WhatsApp before Apple and Google take their fee.
How this is calculated
Top Grossing positions in every country we track, converted to dollars per store and country, sized by each market's published consumer spend and calibrated on revenue companies publish.
Business model: In-app purchase-led
How WhatsApp makes money: subscriptions, one-off purchases and ads.
In-app purchases
One-off purchases
/mo
of revenue
Top in-app purchases · App Store US, most popular first
| 1 | No ads (1 account) | |
| 2 | No ads (4 accounts) | |
| 3 | No ads (4 accounts) | |
| 4 | No ads (4 accounts) | |
| 5 | No ads (4 accounts) | |
| 6 | No ads (4 accounts) | |
| 7 | No ads (5 accounts) | |
| 8 | No ads (5 accounts) | |
| 9 | No ads (5 accounts) | |
| 10 | No ads (5 accounts) |
Where it ranks on Google Play
Every top 200 chart it appears in across 23 countries.
Apps near WhatsApp on the chart
Communication Free, around #1.
Ratings
Google Play, worldwide.
Rating
4.6 ★
248M ratings
Measured
Ratings
248M
Measured
Written reviews
1.9M
Measured
Review momentum
ⓘ How we measure thisNew ratings a week
464k
▲ +13% vs the 2 weeks before
Written reviews a week
under 1
Google Play
Lifetime rating
4.6★
recent stars not readable yet: new ratings are a tiny share of the total
Recent written reviews
4.0★
people who write skew negative
Review momentum
82/100
top 1% of Communication apps
Review momentum (0-100) blends how fast the app collects ratings compared with other apps in its category (60%), whether that pace is speeding up (25%) and what recent raters give it (15%; recent stars well below lifetime pull it down). Ratings counts are read daily. A jump usually means a launch, a feature, ads or a new review prompt.
What users say about WhatsApp
From the 200 most recent Google Play reviews in the US.
Users express frustration with technical failures including video call quality degradation and login verification issues. Many reviews are low-effort or spam-like, but substantive complaints highlight missing features like message editing and account recovery problems.
Mixed but leaning positive (72% of recent reviews give 4–5 stars). People like it for regular updates, and easy sign-in. The main complaints are about login and account problems, and crashes and bugs.
What people like
- Updates: “thank you for the update of my vedeo's recording”
- Login & account: “I want to login to my account”
- Speed & performance: “the is not fast and responsible”
- Design: “It was not a mistake I am a creation you thoughtfully designed”
Common complaints
- Login & account: “My whatsapp account suspended”
- Crashes & bugs: “got a new phone SIM card and everything and it's still not working”
- Updates: “I want to update whatsapp”
- Customer support: “Hello WhatsApp Support Team, My WhatsApp account has been banned unexpectedly”
About WhatsApp
WhatsApp from Meta is a FREE messaging and video calling app. It’s used by over 2B people in more than 180 countries. It’s simple, reliable, and private, so you can easily keep in touch with your friends and family. WhatsApp works across mobile and desktop even on slow connections, with no subscription fees*.
Private messaging across the world
Your personal messages and calls to friends and family are end-to-end encrypted. No one outside of your chats, not even WhatsApp, can read or listen to them.
Simple and secure connections, right away
All you need is your phone number, no user names or logins. You can quickly view your contacts who are on WhatsApp and start messaging.
High quality voice and video calls
Make secure video and voice calls with up to 32 people for free*. Your calls work across mobile devices using your phone’s Internet service, even on slow connections.
Group chats to keep you in contact
Stay in touch with your friends and family. End-to-end encrypted group chats let you share messages, photos, videos and documents across mobile and desktop.
Stay connected in real time
Share your location with only those in your individual or group chat, and stop sharing at any time. Or record a voice message to connect quickly.
Share daily moments through Status
Status allows you to share text, photos, video and GIF updates that disappear after 24 hours. You can choose to share status posts with all your contacts or just selected ones.
Use WhatsApp on your Wear OS watch to continue conversations, reply to messages, and take calls - all from your wrist. And, leverage tiles and complications to easily access your chats and send voice messages.
*In some regions, WhatsApp uses SMS verification to authenticate your phone number and secure transactions.
*Data charges may apply. Contact your provider for details.
______________________________________________________________
If you have any feedback or questions, please go to WhatsApp > Settings > Help > Contact Us.
Terms of Service: https://www.whatsapp.com/legal/terms-of-service
Learn more about messaging privately: https://www.whatsapp.com/privacy
Learn more about WhatsApp safety: https://www.whatsapp.com/security
Private messaging across the world
Your personal messages and calls to friends and family are end-to-end encrypted. No one outside of your chats, not even WhatsApp, can read or listen to them.
Simple and secure connections, right away
All you need is your phone number, no user names or logins. You can quickly view your contacts who are on WhatsApp and start messaging.
High quality voice and video calls
Make secure video and voice calls with up to 32 people for free*. Your calls work across mobile devices using your phone’s Internet service, even on slow connections.
Group chats to keep you in contact
Stay in touch with your friends and family. End-to-end encrypted group chats let you share messages, photos, videos and documents across mobile and desktop.
Stay connected in real time
Share your location with only those in your individual or group chat, and stop sharing at any time. Or record a voice message to connect quickly.
Share daily moments through Status
Status allows you to share text, photos, video and GIF updates that disappear after 24 hours. You can choose to share status posts with all your contacts or just selected ones.
Use WhatsApp on your Wear OS watch to continue conversations, reply to messages, and take calls - all from your wrist. And, leverage tiles and complications to easily access your chats and send voice messages.
*In some regions, WhatsApp uses SMS verification to authenticate your phone number and secure transactions.
*Data charges may apply. Contact your provider for details.
______________________________________________________________
If you have any feedback or questions, please go to WhatsApp > Settings > Help > Contact Us.
Terms of Service: https://www.whatsapp.com/legal/terms-of-service
Learn more about messaging privately: https://www.whatsapp.com/privacy
Learn more about WhatsApp safety: https://www.whatsapp.com/security
What's new
• You can now choose to share recent group history with new members when you add them to a group
• Group calls now include the ability to transfer calls between mobile and desktop, add a waiting room for call links, and pin a participant to a bigger tile.
These features will roll out over the coming weeks. Thanks for using WhatsApp!
• Group calls now include the ability to transfer calls between mobile and desktop, add a waiting room for call links, and pin a participant to a bigger tile.
These features will roll out over the coming weeks. Thanks for using WhatsApp!
Store changes
What WhatsApp changed on its store page: name, icon, screenshots, price, size, languages, requirements.
Renamed
WhatsApp Messenger → WhatsApp
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