WhatsApp hits 1 billion-user mark; more than doubles since acquisition by Facebook

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The social network acquired the messaging service back in 2014 for a whopping $19 billion dollars and after two years it has grown to become one of the most widely used communication platforms in the world.

Facebook-acquired messaging service WhatsApp has reached one billion users milestone, Mark Zuckerberg made the announcement congratulating co-founders of the app Jan Koum and Brian Acton.

Zuckerberg in his post wrote, " WhatsApp's community has more than doubled since joining Facebook. We've added the ability for you to call loved ones far away. We've dropped the subscription fee and made WhatsApp completely free. Next, we're going to work to connect more people around the world and make it easier to communicate with businesses."

One billion people now use WhatsApp. Congrats to Jan, Brian and everyone who helped reach this milestone! WhatsApp's...Posted by Mark Zuckerberg on Monday, February 1, 2016

"That's nearly one-in-seven people on Earth who use WhatsApp each month to stay in touch with their loved ones, their friends and their family," the WhatsApp team said in a blog post. "From sharing vital information during natural disasters or health emergencies, finding a date, growing a small business, buying an engagement ring, or seeking a better life," WhatApp has come a long way.

After buying WhatsApp, Facebook made the service completely free. The next step, according to Zuckerberg, is to make it easier to use the service to communicate with businesses.

Recent media reports have indicated that Facebook is working behind the scenes to integrate WhatsApp more snugly into the world's leading social network by providing the ability to share information between the services.

For WhatsApp, it still isn't time for celebration yet. As it notes in its blog, " We're excited to see how far we've come. But now, it's back to work – because we still have another 6 billion people to get on WhatsApp, and a long way left to go."

WhatsApp hits 1 billion-user mark; more than doubles since acquisition by Facebook

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